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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Ezekiel 40:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
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Ezekiel 40:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
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Ezekiel 40:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
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Ezekiel 40:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
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Ezekiel 40:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
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Ezekiel 40:23 · BSB · 4 occurrences
There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
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Ezekiel 40:27 · BSB · 3 occurrences
The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
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Ezekiel 40:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
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Ezekiel 40:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,
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Ezekiel 40:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
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Ezekiel 40:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
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Ezekiel 40:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
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Ezekiel 40:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
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Ezekiel 40:44 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.
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Ezekiel 40:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
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Ezekiel 42:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:
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Ezekiel 43:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
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Ezekiel 43:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
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Ezekiel 44:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
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Ezekiel 44:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
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Ezekiel 44:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
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Ezekiel 44:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
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Ezekiel 44:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
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Ezekiel 44:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
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Ezekiel 45:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
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Ezekiel 46:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
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Ezekiel 46:2 · BSB · 4 occurrences
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
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Ezekiel 46:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
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Ezekiel 46:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.
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Ezekiel 46:9 · BSB · 5 occurrences
When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
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Ezekiel 46:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
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Ezekiel 46:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
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Ezekiel 47:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
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Ezekiel 48:31 · BSB · 5 occurrences
the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.
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Ezekiel 48:32 · BSB · 4 occurrences
On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
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Ezekiel 48:33 · BSB · 4 occurrences
On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
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Ezekiel 48:34 · BSB · 4 occurrences
And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
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Amos 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
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Amos 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
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Amos 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
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Obadiah 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
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Obadiah 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
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Micah 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
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Micah 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
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Micah 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.
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Nahum 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
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Source alternate reference: 2.7
Nahum 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
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Zephaniah 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
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