4439 pule {poo'-lay}
apparently a primary word; TDNT - 6:921,974; n f
AV - gate 10; 10
1) a gate
1a) of the larger sort
1a1) in the wall of either a city
1a2) a palace
1a3) a town
1a4) the temple
1a5) a prison
2) the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)
3) metaph. the access or entrance into any state