πύλη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly and very freq. for שַׁעַר sometimes for דֶּלֶת, פֶּתַח;]
a gate: Lk 7:12, Ac 9:2412:1016:13, He 13:12; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ, Ac 3:10. Metaph., Mt 7:13, 14; πύλαι ᾅδου (Wi 16:13, III Mac 5:51, and cf. κλεῖς ᾅδου, Re 1:18): Mt 16:18.†