Pulon denotes an entrance structure, whether at a house, a city, or the walled city described in Revelation.

The attested use denotes an entrance structure: people stand at or go out to one in household settings, while plural forms mark city entrances, especially those associated with the wall and access to the city in Revelation.

1. Entrance structure at a house or city · dominant

   In Acts 10:17 the accusative singular occurs where men stand at Simon's entrance, and in Acts 12:13 and Acts 12:14 singular forms occur in the account of knocking, answering, opening, and standing outside. The same use extends to a city setting in Acts 14:13, where the priest and crowds come to the plural entrances, and to the walled city in Revelation 21:12 and Revelation 22:14, where entrances are associated with its wall and with entering the city.

   Acts 10:17Acts 12:13Acts 12:14Acts 14:13Revelation 21:12Revelation 22:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “gate” or “gates,” in accounts of people standing, knocking, or moving through an entrance and in Revelation's description of the city. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall setting rather than assign a separate English equivalent to every form.