Words the Bible translates as gate
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pulēπύληa gate: the large, guarded opening set into the wall of a city, temple, or prison, together with the heavy barrier that closes it
- sha'arשַׁעַרthe gate of a walled town or building: the controlled opening in the wall, and the public space there where the community's life was conducted
- thuraθύραa door: the entrance to a house, room, or enclosure, and the panel that swings to open or close it
- petaḥפֶּתַחthe opening into a structure: the doorway or entrance of a tent, house, gate, or city, the place where you go in or come out.
- deletדֶּלֶתthe swinging leaf of a door or gate, the panel that opens and shuts
- pulōnπυλώνgateway: a large gate structure, or the entrance-passage that runs through it
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