תְּרַעtᵉraʻ

gate, door

Pronunciation: ter-ah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8651

Meanings

1. door (Daniel 3:26)

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

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 2:49 At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be in charge of all the affairs of the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
  • Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire.

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).