Lexical Summary pylōn: a porch, gateway Original Word: πυλώνTransliteration: pylōn Phonetic Spelling: (poo-lone') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a porch, gateway Meaning: a porch, gateway Strong's Concordance a vestibule, gatewayFrom pule; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule -- gate, porch. see GREEK pule Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4440: πυλώνπυλών, πυλῶνος, ὁ (πύλη) (Aristotle, Polybius, others), the Sept. often for פֶּתַח, sometimes for שַׁעַר; 1. a large gate: of a palace, Luke 16:20; of a house, Acts 10:17; plural (of the gates of a city), Acts 14:13; Revelation 21:12, 13, 15, 21, 25; Revelation 22:14. 2. the anterior part of a house, into which one enters through the gate, porch: Matthew 26:71 (cf. 69 and 75); Acts 12:14; hence, ἡ θύρα τοῦ πυλῶνος, Acts 12:13. |