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Lexicon :: Strong's H1817 - deleṯ

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דֶּלֶת
Transliteration
deleṯ
Pronunciation
deh'-leth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 431a,e

Strong’s Definitions

דֶּלֶת deleth, deh'-leth; from H1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door:—door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x

The KJV translates Strong's H1817 in the following manner: doors (69x), gates (14x), leaves (4x), lid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x
The KJV translates Strong's H1817 in the following manner: doors (69x), gates (14x), leaves (4x), lid (1x).

  1. door, gate

    1. a door

    2. a gate

    3. (fig.)

      1. of chest lid

      2. of crocodile jaws

      3. of doors of the heavens

      4. of an easily-accessible woman

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דֶּלֶת deleth, deh'-leth; from H1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door:—door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
STRONGS H1817: Abbreviations
† [דָּל] noun [masculine] door (Phoenician דל) only figurative: construct דַּל שָׂפָתָ֑י Psalm 141:3.

[דָּלָה] noun feminine door, only Qr דְּלָֽֽֽתְךָ (Kt דלתיך) Isaiah 26:20 figurative, door of chamber in which people (personified) hides (compare also דֶּלֶת dual)

† דֶּ֫לֶת noun feminine (? masculineNehemiah 13:19) door (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian daltu(m) StrmAv 1843 SchrCOT Gloss; Phoenician plural דלהת CISi. 7. 3; — according to BaZMG 1887, 607 from √ ידל, Assyrian edilu, to bolt, bar) — דֶּלֶת (always absolute, and with article except Songs 8:9 + Ezekiel 41:24 but here Co article) Genesis 19:10 + 18 times; דָּ֑לֶת Genesis 19:9; Judges 19:22; suffix דַּלְתּוֺ 2 Kings 12:10; Du. דְּלָתַיִם (compare Sta§ 187 a) Deuteronomy 3:5 + 9 times, דְּתָ֑יִם Job 38:10; construct דַּלְתֵי Joshua 2:19 + 6 times + Ezekiel 26:2 Co; suffix דְּלָתַי Job 31:32, דְּלָתֶיךָ Zechariah 11:1 + Isaiah 26:20 Kt (compare דָּלָה feminine noun), דְּלָתֶיהָ Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; plural דְּלָתוֺת Jeremiah 36:23 + 10 times; construct דַּלְתוֺת Judges 3:23 + 19 times + Ezekiel 26:2 (Co דלתי); suffix דַּלְתֹתַי Proverbs 8:34, דַּלְתוֺתָיו 2 Chronicles 3:7; 4:22; דַּלְתֹתָיו Nehemiah 3:1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15; דַּלְתוֺתֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 4:9;
1. door of house (distinguished from door-way, compare 1 Kings 6:31 פֶּתַח Genesis 19:6) Genesis 19:9, 10; Exodus 2:6 (all J E) Deuteronomy 15:17; Joshua 2:19 (JE) Judges 11:31; Judges 19:22, 27; 1 Samuel 21:14 (דלתות השׁער) 2 Kings 4:4, 5; 2 Kings 6:32 (twice in verse); Isaiah 57:8; Job 31:32; so figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 8:34 לִשְׁקֹד עַלדַּֿלְתֹתַי; particular doors of house of י׳ 1 Samuel 3:15 (הֵיכַל י׳ 1 Samuel 3:3); temple 1 Kings 6:34 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Kings 18:16; 1 Chronicles 22:3; 2 Chronicles 3:7; 4:22; 28:24; 29:3; Nehemiah 6:10; Malachi 1:10; so of Ezekiel's temple, Ezekiel 41:23, 24 (5 times in verse); Ezekiel 41:25.
2. door of room Judges 3:23, 24, 25; 2 Samuel 13:17, 18; 2 Kings 4:33; 2 Kings 9:3, 10. especially doors of דביר or קדשׁים ק׳ 1 Kings 6:31, 32; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:22 compare also Ezekiel 41:23; also of court עֲזָרָה 2 Chronicles 4:9 (twice in verse), and of porch אוּלָם 2 Chronicles 29:7.
3. gates of city Deuteronomy 3:5; Joshua 6:26 (compare 1 Kings 16:34) Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 23:7; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 2 Chronicles 14:6; Nehemiah 3:1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15; Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 7:1 (ד׳ then generally distinct from שׁער, which denotes the whole structure of gate, including posts, open space, etc., while ד׳ is swinging door), Nehemiah 7:3; Nehemiah 13:19 (where also sense narrower than || שׁעת) Isaiah 45:1 (|| שׁערים) compare Isaiah 45:2 and Psalm 107:16; Jeremiah 49:31; Ezekiel 38:11.
4. in other senses (mostly figurative): door (probably lid) of chest 2 Kings 12:10; aperture of womb Job 3:10 (בטני ד׳); jaws of crocodile Job 41:6 (פניו ד׳); lips of man Ecclesiastes 12:4; doors enclosing and shutting off sea Job 38:8, 10; doors of heaven through which comes rain Psalm 78:23 (compare אֲרֻבֹּת השׁ׳ Genesis 7:11); of column of MS. (from shape) Jeremiah 36:23; figurative of easily accessible woman, Songs 8:9; in simile Proverbs 26:14; of Jerusalem as gate of people Ezekiel 26:2; of Lebanon Zechariah 11:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 19:6; 19:9; 19:9; 19:10; 19:10

Exodus

2:6

Deuteronomy

3:5; 3:5; 15:17

Joshua

2:19; 2:19; 6:26; 6:26

Judges

3:23; 3:23; 3:24; 3:25; 11:31; 16:3; 19:22; 19:22; 19:27

1 Samuel

3:3; 3:15; 21:14; 23:7

2 Samuel

13:17; 13:18

1 Kings

6:31; 6:31; 6:32; 6:34; 7:50; 7:50; 16:34; 16:34

2 Kings

4:4; 4:5; 4:33; 6:32; 9:3; 9:10; 12:10; 12:10; 18:16

1 Chronicles

22:3

2 Chronicles

3:7; 3:7; 4:9; 4:9; 4:22; 4:22; 4:22; 8:5; 14:6; 28:24; 29:3; 29:7

Nehemiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:3; 3:3; 3:6; 3:6; 3:13; 3:13; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 6:1; 6:10; 7:1; 7:3; 13:19; 13:19

Job

3:10; 31:32; 31:32; 38:8; 38:10; 38:10; 41:6

Psalms

78:23; 107:16; 141:3

Proverbs

8:34; 8:34; 26:14

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Song of Songs

8:9; 8:9

Isaiah

26:20; 26:20; 45:1; 45:2; 57:8

Jeremiah

36:23; 36:23; 49:31

Ezekiel

26:2; 26:2; 26:2; 38:11; 41:23; 41:23; 41:24; 41:24; 41:25

Zechariah

11:1; 11:1

Malachi

1:10

H1817

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Strong's Number H1817 matches the Hebrew דֶּלֶת (deleṯ),
which occurs 89 times in 78 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Neh 7:1–Mal 1:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, H1817 and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. H1817 Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - It came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors H1817 should be shut [fn]and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it did not shut the opening H1817 of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - “The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors H1817 to the [fn]traveler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 - “Or who enclosed the sea with doors H1817
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - And I [fn]placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors, H1817

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14 - “Who can open the doors H1817 of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 - Yet He commanded the clouds above
And opened the doors H1817 of heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 - For He has shattered gates H1817 of bronze
And cut bars of iron asunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a guard, O LORD, [fn]over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - “Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates, H1817
Waiting at my doorposts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As the door H1817 turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors H1817 on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will [fn]sing softly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - “If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door, H1817
We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 - Come, my people, enter into your rooms
And close your doors H1817 behind you;
Hide for a little [fn]while
Until indignation [fn]runs its course.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And [fn]to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors H1817 before him so that gates will not be shut:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2 - “I will go before you and make the [fn]rough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors H1817 of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - “Behind the door H1817 and the doorpost
You have set up your sign;
Indeed, far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself,
And have gone up and made your bed wide.
And you have made an agreement for yourself with them,
You have loved their [fn]bed,
You have looked on their [fn]manhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - When Jehudi had read three or four columns, H1817 the king cut it with a scribe’s knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - “Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the LORD.
“It has no gates H1817 or bars;
They dwell alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - “Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway H1817 of the peoples is broken; it has [fn]opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of [fn]unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, H1817

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23 - The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door. H1817

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:24 - Each of the doors H1817 had two leaves, H1817 two [fn]swinging leaves; H1817 two leaves for one door H1817 and two leaves H1817 for the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - Also there were [fn]carved on them, on the doors H1817 of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those [fn]carved on the walls; and there was a [fn]threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 - Open your doors, H1817 O Lebanon,
That a fire may feed on your cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the [fn]gates, H1817 that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from [fn]you.

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