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Lexicon :: Strong's H8179 - šaʿar

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שַׁעַר
Transliteration
šaʿar
Pronunciation
shah'-ar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שָׁעַר (H8176) in its original sense
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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.
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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

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Strong's Number H8179 matches the Hebrew שַׁעַר (šaʿar),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.
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