Hebrew - English Dictionary
H8179 - City
| Strong's No.: | H8179 |
| Hebrew: | שַׁעַר |
| Transliteration: | shaʻar |
| Phonetic: | shah'-ar |
| Word Origin: | From H8176 in its original sense |
| Bible Usage: | {city} {door} {gate} port (X -er). |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 1. gate a. gate (of entrance) b. gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1. city, town c. gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) d. heaven |
| Bible References:
City |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
cities ( 2 )
city ( 1 )
door ( 1 )
doors ( 1 )
gate ( 244 )
gates ( 111 )
port ( 1 )
porters ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.