HebrewH8179Noun (Masculine)

שַׁ֫עַר

sha.ar

“gate”

291Occurrences

H8179Strong's #

Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an opening, i.e. door or gate

from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שַׁ֫עַר appears 291 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk

Deuteronomy

Nehemiah

Jeremiah

2 Chronicles

2 Kings

Isaiah

Exodus

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:17BSB

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

Deuteronomy 14:21BSB

You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God.You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Ezk 40:14BSB

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Isaiah 28:6BSB

a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Nam 3:13BSB