Definition

a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule

Etymology

from G4439 (πύλη);

Where the KJV renders it

• gate
• porch

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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