דֶּלֶת delet

Hebrew word for “door” · Strong’s H1817 · used 88 times in 78 verses

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Meaning

1) door, gate; 1a) a door;

Senses in the lexicon

• door (86)
• door (1)
• door (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for delet in context, with how often each is used:

• doors 53
• door 22
• gates 6
• leaves 3
• lid 1
• pair of gates 1
• belonged to the doors 1
• belonged to a door 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 3 (6), Genesis 19 (3), Judges 3 (3), 1 Kings 6 (3), 2 Kings 4 (3), Ezekiel 41 (3), Judges 19 (2), 2 Samuel 13 (2), 2 Kings 9 (2), 2 Chronicles 4 (2)

Forms

• דלתות 24
• הדלת 16
• דלתים 8
• דלתתיו 6
• לדלתות 3
• הדלתות 3
• דלתי 3
• מדלתי 2
• דלתיה 2
• ודלתי 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with delet more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סָגַר sagar “to shut” 19
• בְּרִיחַ beriach “bar” 15
• פָּתַח patach “to open” 14
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 13
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 12
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 9
• מַנְעוּל manul “bolt” 5
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 10
• מְזוּזָה mezuzah “doorpost” 5
• הֵיכָל hekhal “temple” 6
• עַד ad “till” 11
• נָעַל naal “to lock” 4

Key verses

The verses using delet that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 19:9 — And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with…
• Exodus 21:6 — Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an…
• Joshua 2:19 — And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and…
• Judges 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake…
• Nehemiah 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto…
• Proverbs 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
• Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Isaiah 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open…
• Jeremiah 36:23 — And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all…
• Ezekiel 26:2 — Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished,…
• Zechariah 11:1 — Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
• Malachi 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.