Midvash

שַׁעַרshaʻar

שַׁ֫עַר: gate

Pronunciation: shah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8179

Meanings

1.

a. gate, entrance to city (Joshua 2:5; Joshua 2:7; Isaiah 45:1)

b. particular gates of Jerusalem are (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16)

c. of Ezekiel's holy city (Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:1-200)

2.

a. = space inside gate (2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:18; 2 Samuel 23:15)

b. hence also = city (Isaiah 14:31; Psalms 87:2)

c. specifically in Deuteronomy, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ in thy gates, i.e. thy cities, towns, etc. (Deuteronomy 5:14; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 12:12)

3.

a. gate, of royal castle or palace (2 Kings 9:31; Jeremiah 22:2; Jeremiah 22:4)

b. of temple (Jeremiah 7:2; 1 Chronicles 9:23; 1 Chronicles 16:42)

c. of Ezekiel's temple and courts (Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 44:11)

d. of court of tabernacle (Exodus 27:16; Exodus 35:17; Numbers 4:36)

ᵑ7: gate, door

1. door (Daniel 3:26)

2. gate (Daniel 2:29; Esther 2:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 374 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:1 That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.
  • Genesis 22:17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
  • Genesis 23:10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.
  • Genesis 23:18 It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate.
  • Genesis 24:60 They gave her this blessing as she parted: “Our sister, may you become the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies.”
  • Genesis 28:17 But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).