sha.ar H8179

שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) means “gate” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שַׁ֫עַר Hebrew · H8179 374 tagged occurrences in 302 verses

Pronunciation guide: shah'-ar Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8179G

שַׁ֫עַר · sha.ar · gate

: gate 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

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TBESH · H8179H

שַׁ֫עַר · sha.ar · gate: town

: town 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate

KJV glosses: city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

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How translators render H8179

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
gate	92
the gate	32
the gates	25
at the gate	17
of the gate	16
within your gates	14
gates	12
of the gateway	11
at the gates	7
in the gate	7
through the gates	6
your gates	6
and the gate	5
gateway	5
of the gates	5
the gateway	5
in the gateway	4
and its gates	3
for the entrance	3
near the gate	3
to the gate	3
and on your gates	2
at each gate	2
for the gate	2
her gates	2
in your gates	2
is the gate	2
its gate	2
o gates	2
of the city gate	2
of the towns	2
of your gates	2
the city gate	2
their cities	2
town	2
a gateway	1
also had a gate	1
among you	1
and her gates	1
and the gates	1
and your gates	1
as those of the gate	1
at the city gate	1
at the city gates	1
at the entrance	1
began to fall on the gates	1
but the gate	1
by the gate	1
came to their gates	1
even to the gate	1
for each gate	1
from gate	1
from gateway	1
from the gates	1
gate however	1
have the gates	1
his gate	1
his gates	1
in court	1
in each of the inner gateways	1
in its gates	1
in one of your towns	1
in the gates	1
in the meeting place	1
it within your gates	1
its	1
leading to the city gate	1
o gate	1
of the gate to be	1
of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were	1
of the gateways	1
or from the gate	1
so that the gates	1
that within the gates	1
the cities	1
the distance from gateway	1
the gateway extended	1
the gateways	1
the south gate	1
the town	1
their gates	1
there was a gate	1
through the gate	1
to gate	1
to the gates	1
vvv	1
were stationed at the gate	1
when the gate	1
your cities	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
gate	91
of the gate	52
in the gate	22
the gate	16
within thy gates	14
at the gate	11
and the gates	8
by the gate	8
of the gates	8
the gates	8
in the gates	7
gates	6
of thy gates	6
to the gate	5
at the gates	4
thee in all thy gates	4
unto the gate	4
and the gate	3
from gate	3
from the gate	3
to gate	3
and thy gates	2
at every gate	2
but the gate	2
in thy gates	2
into his gates	2
into the gates	2
o ye gates	2
over against the gate	2
over the gate	2
to the gates	2
upon him in the gate	2
a gate	1
against all their gates	1
against the gates	1
all her gates	1
and behold a gate	1
and for the gate	1
and from above the gate	1
and from the gate	1
and in all the gates	1
and it came to pass that when the gates	1
and on thy gates	1
and to the gates	1
and unto the gate	1
and upon thy gates	1
and when he was in the gate	1
at these gates	1
by the gates	1
by these gates	1
for all the city	1
for every gate	1
for the door	1
for the gate	1
for the gates	1
from the gates	1
have the gates	1
he unto the gate	1
her gates	1
her in the gates	1
him the gate	1
i at the gates	1
in all thy gates	1
in at the gates	1
in by the gates	1
in by these gates	1
in your gates	1
into the gate	1
into thy gates	1
it within thy gates	1
me to the gate	1
o gate	1
of their cities	1
of this gate	1
out unto the gate	1
port	1
porters	1
the doors	1
the oversight of the gates	1
thee in thy gates	1
them in the cities	1
then the gate	1
therefore thy gates	1
this gate	1
through the gates	1
to have the charge of the gate	1
to me the gates	1
unto me this gate	1
unto the gates	1
unto them let not the gates	1
unto thy gates	1
upon the gates	1
with the gate	1
within your gates	1
ye the gates	1

Verses containing H8179

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1 Chronicles 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
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1 Chronicles 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
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1 Chronicles 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
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1 Chronicles 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
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1 Chronicles 16:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
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1 Chronicles 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
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1 Chronicles 26:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
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1 Chronicles 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
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2 Chronicles 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
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2 Chronicles 8:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
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2 Chronicles 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
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2 Chronicles 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are to be in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
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2 Chronicles 23:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.
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2 Chronicles 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
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2 Chronicles 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 25:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
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2 Chronicles 26:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
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2 Chronicles 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
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2 Chronicles 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
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2 Chronicles 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
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2 Chronicles 33:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 35:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
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Nehemiah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
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Nehemiah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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Nehemiah 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
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Nehemiah 2:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
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Nehemiah 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
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Nehemiah 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
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Nehemiah 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
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Nehemiah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
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Nehemiah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
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Nehemiah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
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Nehemiah 3:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
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Nehemiah 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
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Nehemiah 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
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Nehemiah 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
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Nehemiah 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
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Nehemiah 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
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Nehemiah 3:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
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Nehemiah 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
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Nehemiah 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
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Nehemiah 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
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Nehemiah 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
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Nehemiah 8:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
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Nehemiah 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
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Nehemiah 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
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Nehemiah 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
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Nehemiah 12:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.
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