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Πύλαι

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πύλαι Πύλῶν

Etym.: v. pu/lh II. 2.

Sense

Examples

  • πᾶσαι πόλεισ ὀχυραί, τείχη ὑψηλά, πύλαι καὶ μοχλοί, πλὴν τῶν πόλεων τῶν Φερεζαίων τῶν πολλῶν σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:5)
  • καὶ ἕωσ ταύτησ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τοῦ βασιλέωσ κατ̓ ἀνατολάσ. αὗται αἱ πύλαι τῶν παρεμβολῶν υἱῶν Λευί. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 9:18)
  • κατὰ τοὺσ τέσσαρασ ἀνέμουσ ἦσαν αἱ πύλαι, κατὰ ἀνατολάσ, θάλασσαν, βορρᾶν, νότον. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 9:24)
  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Βαιθωρὼν τὴν ἄνω καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρὼν τὴν κάτω, πόλεισ ὀχυράσ, τείχη, πύλαι καὶ μοχλοί, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 8:5)
  • καὶ εἴποσαν πρόσ με. οἱ καταλειπόμενοι οἱ καταλειφθέντεσ ἀπὸ τῆσ αἰχμαλωσίασ ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ἐν πονηρίᾳ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν ὀνειδισμῷ, καὶ τείχη Ἱερουσαλὴμ καθῃρημένα, καὶ αἱ πύλαι αὐτῆσ ἐνεπρήσθησαν ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 1:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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