Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8179
שַׁ֫עַר
sha.ar · “gate”
Used 375 times across 29 books
Definition
: gate
1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven
1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven
Where it appears
Genesis9
Exodus12
Numbers1
Deuteronomy34
Joshua5
Judges9
Ruth4
1 Samuel4
2 Samuel12
1 Kings2
2 Kings18
1 Chronicles9
2 Chronicles19
Nehemiah41
Esther11
Job5
Psalms13
Proverbs7
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah12
Jeremiah28
Lamentations4
Ezekiel99
Amos3
Obadiah3
Micah3
Nahum2
Zephaniah1
Zechariah4
In the text
Genesis 19:1And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;Genesis 23:10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,Genesis 23:18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.Genesis 28:17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.Genesis 34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,Genesis 34:24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.Exodus 20:10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:Exodus 27:16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
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