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H8179 שַׁעַר (shaʻar) shah'-ar
Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

gate

Strong's Definition

an opening, i.e. door or gate

Derivation: from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense;

KJV Usage: city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

TWOT Reference: 2437a

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

: 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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁעַר sha‛ar BDB Definition: 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 Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8176 in its original sense Same Word by TWOT Number: 2437a Total KJV Occurrences: 371

Bible Occurrences (301)

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