Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H8179 - šaʿar

Choose a new font size and typeface
שַׁעַר
Transliteration
šaʿar
Pronunciation
shah'-ar
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שָׁעַר (H8176) in its original sense
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2437a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁעַר shaʻar, shah'-ar; from H8176 in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate:—city, door, gate, port (× -er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 371x

The KJV translates Strong's H8179 in the following manner: gate (364x), city (3x), door (2x), port (1x), porters (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 371x
The KJV translates Strong's H8179 in the following manner: gate (364x), city (3x), door (2x), port (1x), porters (1x).

  1. gate

    1. gate (of entrance)

    2. gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)

      1. city, town

    3. gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)

    4. heaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁעַר shaʻar, shah'-ar; from H8176 in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate:—city, door, gate, port (× -er).
STRONGS H8179: Abbreviations
שַׁ֫עַר 373 noun masculine 2 Samuel 18:24 (feminineIsaiah 14:31 in personification, AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86) gate; — שׁ׳ absolute Judges 9:40 +, construct Genesis 22:17 +; with ה locative, שָׁ֑עְרָה Isaiah 28:6 +; plural שְׁעָרִים 2 Samuel 18:24 +, construct שַׁעֲרֵי 1 Samuel 17:52 +; suffix שְׁעָרֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:15 +, שַׁעֲרֵיהֶם Ezekiel 21:20; Ezekiel 48:34, etc.; —
1.
a. gate, entrance to city, shut (סָגַר) by night Joshua 2:5, 7 (JE), compare Isaiah 45:1, opened (מָּתַח) by day Nehemiah 7:3, compare Isaiah 60:11; for entrance (בּוֺא), and exit (יָצָא) Jeremiah 17:19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27; Lamentations 4:12; Ezekiel 26:10 +; עָבַר שׁ׳ Micah 2:13 pass out through (disregard accents), בַּשׁ׳ ע׳ Isaiah 62:10; with bars Psalm 147:13; attacked Ezekiel 21:20; Ezekiel 21:27, compare Isaiah 28:6; Micah 1:9, 12; 1 Samuel 17:52; on Judges 5:8, 11 see Commentaries; burned (by foe) Jeremiah 19:27; Jeremiah 51:58; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3, 13, 17; as giving control, possession, of city, אֹיְבָיו יָרַשׁ אֵת שׁ׳ Genesis 22:17; Genesis 24:60 (J); מֶּתַח הַשּׁ׳ Judges 9:40 + (see פ׳), דַּלְתוֺת הַשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 21:14 + (see ד׳ 3); מֶּתַחהַֿשּׁ׳ Judges 18:16, 17 of farm or village; so of camp Exodus 32:26, 27 (J). In cities, elaborate structure, with roof 2 Samuel 18:24, upper chamber 2 Samuel 19:1; compare שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9; write laws בִּשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 6:9 (+ עַלמְֿזֻזוֺת בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ), Deuteronomy 11:20 (+id..); בְּתוֺךְ הַשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 9:18, אֶלאתּוֺךְ הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 3:27; (לְ)יַד שׁ׳ as public, 1 Samuel 4:18, + 1 Samuel 4:13 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and others, compare 2 Samuel 15:2; 2 Samuel 18:4; Proverbs 8:3 (|| מְבוֺא פְתָחִים).
b. particular gates of Jerusalem are:
(1) אֶפְרַיִם שׁ׳ 2 Kings 14:13 || 2 Chronicles 25:23, Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39;
(2) הָאַשְׁפֹּת שׁ׳ Nehemiah 2:13, Nehemiah 3:14, Nehemiah 12:31=הָֽשְׁפוֹת שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:13;
(3) בִּנְיָמִין שׁ׳ Jeremiah 37:13, Jeremiah 38:7, Zechariah 14:10;
(4) הַגַּיִא שׁ׳ Nehemiah 2:13, Nehemiah 2:15, Nehemiah 3:13; 2 Chronicles 26:9;
(5) הַדָּגִים שׁ׳ Zephaniah 1:10; Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 12:39; 2 Chronicles 33:14;
(6) הַחֹמֹתַיּם בֵּין שׁ׳ 2 Kings 25:4=Jeremiah 52:7, compare Jeremiah 39:4;
(7) החרסות שׁ׳ Jeremiah 19:2;
(8) הַיְשָׁנָה שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:6, Nehemiah 12:39;
(9) הַמִּוְרָח שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:29;
(10) הַמַּמָּרָה שׁ׳ Nehemiah 12:39;
(11) שׁ׳ הַמָּ֑יִם Nehemiah 8:1, Nehemiah 8:3, Nehemiah 8:16;
(12) לַמִּוְרָ֑ח הַמַּיִם שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:26, compare Nehemiah 12:27;
(13) הַמִּפֳק֑ר שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:31;
(14) הָעַיִן שׁ׳ Nehemiah 2:14, Nehemiah 3:15, Nehemiah 12:37;
(15) הַסּוּםִים שׁ׳ Jeremiah 31:40; Nehemiah 3:28 (compare 3 b);
(16) הַפִּנָה שׁ׳ 2 Kings 14:13||2 Chronicles 25:23 (read הַפִּנָּה for הַפּוֹנֶה), Jeremiah 31:38; 2 Chronicles 26:9; probably = הַפִּנּים שׁ׳ Zechariah 14:10;
(17) הַצּאֹן שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:1, 32; Nehemiah 12:39;
(18) הָרִאשׁוֺן שׁ׳ Zechariah 14:10; — on sites and relation to each other see RS-GASmEncy. Bib. JERUSALEM ConderHast. DB id. BuhlG 133 ff. BdPal. under the word MurrayHd. Bk, under the word BeRyNe p. 182 ff. GuZPV, especially v (1882). 7 ff. viii (1885), 245 ff. Comm.on the passage variant reading.
c. of Ezekiel's holy city, שַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר Ezekiel 48:31, three on each side, named for tribes, Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:31 + 12 times Ezekiel 48.
2.
a. gate = space inside gate, as public meeting-place, market 2 Kings 7:1, 18, place of public well 2 Samuel 23:15, 16 = 1 Chronicles 11:17, 18, where elders, judges, king, sat officially Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15; Amos 5:12, 15; Isaiah 29:21; 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 19:9; 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Genesis 19:1 (J) Proverbs 24:7; Job 5:4; Job 31:21; Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); Proverbs 31:23, 31, etc.; of conqueror Jeremiah 1:15; apparently = רְחוֺב שׁ׳ Genesis 19:2 (J) Nehemiah 8:16; 1 Chronicles 9:16 + (see I. ר׳); Genesis 34:20 (P) one came unto gate (בָּא אֶלֿ), so בָּאֵי שׁ׳ Genesis 23:10, 18 (P) those entering the gate, i.e. having citizens' rights; also went out (to), יָצָא שׁ׳ Job 29:7 (i.e., in this case, from his own house, outside the city), hence כָּליֹֿצְאֵי שׁ׳ Genesis 34:24 (twice in verse) (P; compare also הוֺצִיא אֶלֿ Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15, 24); hence = body of citizens, עַמִּי כָּלשֿׁ׳ Ruth 3:11.
b. hence also = city Isaiah 14:31 (|| עִיר), Psalm 87:2, etc.
c. specifically in Deuteronomy, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ in thy gates, i.e. thy cities, towns, etc., Deuteronomy 5:14 = Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 12:12, 15, 17, 21 + 22 times Deuteronomy + 1 Kings 8:37 (read בְּאַחַד שׁ׳, compare Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 23:17, so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version modern), so || 2 Chronicles 6:28, + (perhaps) Jeremiah 14:2 (but Jeremiah 15:7; Nahum 3:13 figurative of gates as entrance to land); of private house, שַׁעֲרֵי צַדִּיק Proverbs 14:19 (perhaps compare Judges 18:16 1a above).
3.
a. gate of royal castle or palace 2 Kings 9:31; Jeremiah 22:2, 4; Nehemiah 2:8; Esther 2:19 + 10 times Esther; specifically (of king of Judah), סוּר שׁ׳ 2 Kings 11:6 = הַיְסוֺד שׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 23:5 (see ס׳, יס׳), הָרָצִים שׁ׳ 2 Kings 11:19, אַחַר הָר׳ הַשּׁ׳ 2 Kings 11:6; הַסּוּסִים בֵּית הַמּ׳ שׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 23:15 (= מְבוֺא הַסּ׳ || 2 Kings 11:16); apparently of official residence, יְהוֺשֻׁע שׁ׳ פֶּתַח 2 Kings 23:8.
b. of temple Jeremiah 7:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 9:23; 1 Chronicles 16:42 + 12 times Chronicles, including שַׁעֲרֵי מַחֲנוֺת י׳ 2 Chronicles 31:2 (see מַחֲנֶה 1, p. 334), compare Psalm 100:4; Psalm 118:20, שַׁעֲרֵי צֶדֶק Psalm 100:19; specifically בִּנְיָמִין הָעֶלְיוֺן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 20:2, and (omit בִּנְי׳) 2 Kings 15:35 2 Chronicles 27:3; Ezekiel 9:2; 2 Chronicles 23:20, הֶחָדָשׁ (בֵּית) י׳ שׁ׳ Jeremiah 26:10; Jeremiah 36:10, הַפּוֹנֶה הַפְּנִימִית שׁ׳ צָפוֺנָה Ezekiel 8:3 compare Ezekiel 8:14, Ezekiel 8:5, הַקַּדְמֹנִי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שַׁעַר בֵּית י׳ שׁ׳ Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:1; שַׁלֶּכֶת שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 26:16; שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶח 1 Chronicles 9:18.
c. of Ezekiel's temple and courts Ezekiel 40:3, 6; Ezekiel 44:11, 17 + 67 times Ezekiel 40-47.
d. of court of tabernacle (P), הֶחָצֵר שׁ׳ Exodus 27:16; Exodus 35:17 + 6 times Exodus + Numbers 4:36.
4. figurative הַשָּׁמַיִם זֶה שׁ׳ Genesis 28:17 (E; || בֵּית אֱלֹהִים); plural שַׁעֲרֵי שְׁאוֺל Isaiah 38:10; מָֿוֶת שׁ׳ Job 38:17; Psalm 9:14; Psalm 107:18; צַלְמָוֶת שׁ׳ Job 38:17.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8651.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:1; 19:2; 22:17; 22:17; 23:10; 23:18; 24:60; 28:17; 34:20; 34:24

Exodus

20:10; 27:16; 32:26; 32:27; 35:17

Numbers

4:36

Deuteronomy

5:14; 6:9; 11:20; 12:12; 12:15; 12:15; 12:17; 12:21; 18:6; 21:19; 21:19; 22:15; 22:15; 22:24; 23:17

Joshua

2:5; 2:7

Judges

5:8; 5:11; 9:40; 9:40; 18:16; 18:16; 18:17

Ruth

3:11; 4:1

1 Samuel

4:13; 4:18; 9:18; 17:52; 17:52; 21:14

2 Samuel

3:27; 15:2; 18:4; 18:24; 18:24; 18:24; 18:24; 19:1; 19:9; 23:15; 23:16

1 Kings

8:37; 22:10

2 Kings

7:1; 7:18; 9:31; 11:6; 11:6; 11:16; 11:19; 14:13; 14:13; 15:35; 23:8; 25:4

1 Chronicles

9:16; 9:18; 9:23; 11:17; 11:18; 16:42; 26:16

2 Chronicles

6:28; 18:9; 23:5; 23:15; 23:20; 25:23; 25:23; 26:9; 26:9; 27:3; 31:2; 33:14

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:3; 2:8; 2:13; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:15; 2:17; 3:1; 3:3; 3:6; 3:13; 3:13; 3:14; 3:15; 3:26; 3:28; 3:29; 3:31; 3:32; 7:3; 8:1; 8:3; 8:16; 8:16; 8:16; 12:27; 12:31; 12:37; 12:39; 12:39; 12:39; 12:39; 12:39

Esther

2:19

Job

5:4; 29:7; 31:21; 38:17; 38:17

Psalms

9:14; 24:7; 24:9; 87:2; 100:4; 107:18; 118:20; 147:13

Proverbs

8:3; 14:19; 24:7; 31:23; 31:31

Isaiah

14:31; 14:31; 28:6; 28:6; 29:21; 38:10; 45:1; 60:11; 62:10

Jeremiah

1:15; 7:2; 14:2; 15:7; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:24; 17:25; 17:27; 19:2; 20:2; 22:2; 22:4; 26:10; 31:38; 31:40; 36:10; 37:13; 38:7; 39:4; 51:58; 52:7

Lamentations

4:12

Ezekiel

8:3; 8:5; 8:14; 9:2; 10:19; 11:1; 21:20; 21:20; 21:27; 26:10; 40; 40:3; 40:6; 41; 42; 43; 44; 44:11; 44:17; 45; 46; 47; 48:31; 48:31; 48:31; 48:31; 48:31; 48:34

Amos

5:12; 5:15

Micah

1:9; 1:12; 2:13

Nahum

3:13

Zephaniah

1:10

Zechariah

14:10; 14:10; 14:10

H8179

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8179 matches the Hebrew שַׁעַר (šaʿar),
which occurs 375 times in 302 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 7 (Deu 28:55–2Ki 25:4)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted and became as water.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - When new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
Was shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 - To the sound of musicians[fn] at the watering places,
there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the LORD,
the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.
“Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, and Abimelech and the people who were with him rose from the ambush.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him. And many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the field and killed them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:11 - And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath[fn] and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gate, and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - The king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - [fn] And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the LORD

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates,[fn] whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a seah[fn] of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel,[fn] and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men who were lepers[fn] at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - Now the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. And the people trampled him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said when the king came down to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:20 - And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate and he died.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:6 - (another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards) shall guard the palace.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits,[fn] from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beersheba. And he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the gate of the city.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.