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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Nehemiah 12:37 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
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Nehemiah 12:39 · BSB · 5 occurrences
over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
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Nehemiah 13:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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Nehemiah 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
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Esther 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
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Esther 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
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Esther 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
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Esther 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
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Esther 4:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
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Esther 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
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Esther 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
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Esther 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
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Esther 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
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Esther 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
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Job 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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Job 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
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Job 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
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Job 38:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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Psalms 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
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Source alternate reference: 9.14
Psalms 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
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Source alternate reference: 9.15
Psalms 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
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Psalms 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
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Psalms 69:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
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Source alternate reference: 69.13
Psalms 87:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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Psalms 100:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
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Psalms 107:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
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Psalms 118:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
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Psalms 118:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
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Psalms 122:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
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Psalms 127:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
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Psalms 147:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
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Proverbs 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
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Proverbs 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
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Proverbs 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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Proverbs 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
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Proverbs 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
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Proverbs 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.
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Proverbs 31:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
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Song of Solomon 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
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Source alternate reference: 7.5
Isaiah 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
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Isaiah 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
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Isaiah 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
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Isaiah 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
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Isaiah 28:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
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Isaiah 29:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
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Isaiah 38:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
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Isaiah 45:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
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Isaiah 54:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
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Isaiah 60:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
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Isaiah 60:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
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