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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;
(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

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else remaining, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in all your gates H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her [fn]legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in your gates H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - “Assemble the people, the men and the women and little ones and [fn]the sojourner who is within your gates H8179, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “Now it happened when it was time to shut the gate H8179 at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men and pursued them [fn]from the gate H8179 as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua gave a command, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate H8179 and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - ‘And he shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate H8179 of the city and speak his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall [fn]take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may live among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 -

[fn]God chose new leaders;

Then war was in the gates H8179.

Not a shield or a spear was seen

Among forty thousand in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 -

“At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places,

There they shall [fn]commemorate the righteous deeds of Yahweh,

The righteous deeds for His [fn]peasantry in Israel.

Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates H8179.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate H8179; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him; and many fell slain up to the entrance of the gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Then Abimelech and the [fn]company who was with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the city gate H8179; but the other two [fn]companies rushed upon all who were in the field and struck them down.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” so they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate H8179 of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let us wait until the morning light; then we will kill him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and seized the doors of the city gate H8179 and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and brought them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Now the 600 men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, were standing by the entrance of the gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Then the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image. And the priest was standing by the entrance of the gate H8179 with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:11 - “So now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say, I will do for you; for all my people within the gates H8179 of the city know that you are a woman of excellence.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 -

Now Boaz went up to the gate H8179 and sat down there, and behold, the kinsman redeemer of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Turn aside, [fn]my fellow, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - “And also, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the one who had died, on behalf of his inheritance, so that the name of the one who had died will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate H8179 of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the gate H8179, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel, and so you shall [fn]achieve [fn]excellence in Ephrathah and shall [fn]proclaim your name in Bethlehem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it happened that when he mentioned the ark of God, [fn]Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate H8179, and his neck was broken, and he died, for the man was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate H8179 and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - But the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines [fn]as far as the valley and to the gates H8179 of Ekron. And the slain Philistines lay fallen along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he disguised his sanity in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate H8179 and let his saliva run down into his beard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate H8179 to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the gate H8179 of the city. But the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - And the messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we [fn]pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate H8179; and when any man had a case to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - Then the king said to them, “Whatever is good in your sight I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate H8179, and all the people went out by hundreds and thousands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 -

Now David was sitting between the two gates H8179; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate H8179 by the wall, and raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running by himself.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 -

[fn]Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate H8179 and wept. And thus he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - So the king arose and sat in the gate H8179. And they told all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate H8179.” Then all the people came before the king.

Now Israel had fled, each to his tent.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - Then David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate H8179!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate H8179, and carried it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, he was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 -

“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is scorching wind or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate H8179 of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 -

Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of Yahweh; thus says Yahweh, ‘About this time tomorrow a [fn]seah of fine flour will be sold for a [fn]shekel, and two [fn]seahs of barley for a [fn]shekel, in the gate H8179 of Samaria.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 -

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate H8179; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - Now the king appointed the royal officer on whose hand he leaned [fn]to have charge of the gate H8179; but the people trampled on him at the gate H8179, and he died just as the man of God had spoken, who spoke when the king came down to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two [fn]seahs of barley for a shekel and a [fn]seah of fine flour for a shekel will be sold tomorrow about this time at the gate H8179 of Samaria.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:20 - And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate H8179 and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - As Jehu entered the gate H8179, she said, “Is it [fn]peace, Zimri, [fn]your master’s killer?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - Then the messenger came and told him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” So he said, “Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate H8179 until morning.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:6 - (one-third also shall be at the gate H8179 Sur, and one-third at the gate H8179 behind the [fn]guards), [fn]shall keep watch over the house for defense.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - And he took the commanders of hundreds and the Carites and the [fn]guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate H8179 of the [fn]guards to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate H8179 of Ephraim to the Corner Gate H8179, [fn]400 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate H8179 of the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he tore down the high places of the gates H8179 which were at the entrance of the gate H8179 of Joshua the ruler of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate H8179 between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [fn]they went by way of the Arabah.

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