Shaʻărayim — H8189

Definition

locative proper noun

Shaarajim, a place in Palestine

1. Shaaraim = "double gate"
2. a town in Judah
3. a town in Simeon

Usually translated as

Shaaraim

Origin

dual of H8179; double gates

• Shaʻar (H8179)

Occurrences

Shaʻărayim occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Joshua 15:36 — And Sharaim (וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙), and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
• 1 Samuel 17:52 — And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim (שַׁעֲרַ֔יִם), even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
• 1 Chronicles 4:31 — And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim (וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם). These were their cities unto the reign of David.