Strong's Hebrew · H8176
H8176 shâʻar
שָׁעַר
shaw-ar'
think.
shâʻar appears once in Scripture, in Proverbs 23:7. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to act as gatekeeper; (figuratively) to estimate
Derivation
a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר)); compare see H7778 (שׁוֹעֵר)
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
