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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 19 times in 15 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 6:28 - Si hubiere hambre en la tierra, o si hubiere pestilencia, si hubiere tizoncillo o añublo, langosta o pulgón; o si los sitiaren sus enemigos en la tierra en donde moren; cualquiera plaga o enfermedad que sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 8:14 - Y constituyó los turnos de los sacerdotes en sus oficios, conforme a lo ordenado por David su padre, y los levitas en sus cargos, para que alabasen y ministrasen delante de los sacerdotes, cada cosa en su día; asimismo los porteros por su orden a cada puerta; porque así lo había mandado David, varón de Dios.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 18:9 - Y el rey de Israel y Josafat rey de Judá estaban sentados cada uno en su trono, vestidos con sus ropas reales, en la plaza junto a la entrada de la puerta de Samaria, y todos los profetas profetizaban delante de ellos.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 23:5 - Otra tercera parte, a la casa del rey; y la otra tercera parte, a la puerta del Cimiento; y todo el pueblo estará en los patios de la casa de Jehová.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 23:15 - Ellos, pues, le echaron mano, y luego que ella hubo pasado la entrada de la puerta de los caballos de la casa del rey, allí la mataron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 23:19 - Puso también porteros a las puertas de la casa de Jehová, para que por ninguna vía entrase ningún inmundo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 23:20 - Llamó después a los jefes de centenas, y a los principales, a los que gobernaban el pueblo y a todo el pueblo de la tierra, para conducir al rey desde la casa de Jehová; y cuando llegaron a la mitad de la puerta mayor de la casa del rey, sentaron al rey sobre el trono del reino.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 24:8 - Mandó, pues, el rey que hiciesen un arca, la cual pusieron fuera, a la puerta de la casa de Jehová;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 25:23 - Y Joás rey de Israel apresó en Bet-semes a Amasías rey de Judá, hijo de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, y lo llevó a Jerusalén; y derribó el muro de Jerusalén desde la puerta de Efraín hasta la puerta del ángulo, un tramo de cuatrocientos codos.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 26:9 - Edificó también Uzías torres en Jerusalén, junto a la puerta del ángulo, y junto a la puerta del valle, y junto a las esquinas; y las fortificó.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 27:3 - Edificó él la puerta mayor de la casa de Jehová, y sobre el muro de la fortaleza edificó mucho.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 31:2 - Y arregló Ezequías la distribución de los sacerdotes y de los levitas conforme a sus turnos, cada uno según su oficio; los sacerdotes y los levitas para ofrecer el holocausto y las ofrendas de paz, para que ministrasen, para que diesen gracias y alabasen dentro de las puertas de los atrios de Jehová.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 32:6 - Y puso capitanes de guerra sobre el pueblo, y los hizo reunir en la plaza de la puerta de la ciudad, y habló al corazón de ellos, diciendo:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Crón 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 33:14 - Después de esto edificó el muro exterior de la ciudad de David, al occidente de Gihón, en el valle, a la entrada de la puerta del Pescado, y amuralló Ofel, y elevó el muro muy alto; y puso capitanes de ejército en todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Crón 35:15 - Asimismo los cantores hijos de Asaf estaban en su puesto, conforme al mandamiento de David, de Asaf y de Hemán, y de Jedutún vidente del rey; también los porteros estaban a cada puerta; y no era necesario que se apartasen de su ministerio, porque sus hermanos los levitas preparaban para ellos.
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