Shaʻar — H8179

H8179 · Hebrew — שער

Pronunciation: shah'-ar

Definition

masculine noun

an opening, i.e. door or gate

  1. gate
    1. gate (of entrance)
    2. gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
      1. city, town
    3. gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
    4. heaven

Usually translated as

gate, city, door, port, porter

Origin

from H8176 in its original sense

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shaʻar occurs 374 times in 302 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (11), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (33), Joshua (5), Judges (9), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (13), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (15), Nehemiah (31), Esther (10), Job (4), Psalms (13), Proverbs (7), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (25), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (59), Amos (3), Obadiah (2), Micah (3), Nahum (2), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — S