Strong's Hebrew · H8179

H8179 shaʻar

שַׁעַר

shah'-ar

city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

shaʻar appears 374 times in Scripture, including Genesis 19:1 and Exodus 35:17. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

an opening, i.e. door or gate

Derivation

from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense;

Appears 374 times in Scripture

Genesis 24:60

“And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.””

Genesis 23:10

“Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,”

Genesis 23:18

“to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.”

Genesis 22:17

“I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.”

Genesis 19:1

“Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,”

Genesis 34:20

“So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:”

Genesis 28:17

“And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!””

Exodus 35:17

“the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;”

Genesis 34:24

“All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.”

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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).

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