שַׁעַר shaar

Hebrew word for “gate” · Strong’s H8179 · used 374 times in 302 verses

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Meaning

: gate; 1) gate; 1a) gate (of entrance);

Senses in the lexicon

• gate (348)
• gate: town (26)

How it is translated

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

• gate 252
• gates 115
• gate towards 4
• will be at the gate 3

Where it is used

Also in 17 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (28), Nehemiah 3 (11), Ezekiel 46 (7), Nehemiah 2 (6), Jeremiah 17 (6), Ezekiel 44 (6), Deuteronomy 12 (5), 2 Kings 7 (5), Nehemiah 12 (5), Deuteronomy 14 (4)

Forms

• שׁער 112
• השׁער 59
• בשׁער 52
• בשׁעריך 19
• שׁערי 16
• לשׁער 14
• שׁעריך 13
• השׁערים 11
• בשׁערי 11
• שׁערים 8

Words used with it

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

• פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 32
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 24
• חָצֵר chatser “court” 24
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 29
• עִיר ir “city” 34
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 30
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 34
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 32
• קָדִים qadim “east” 16
• עַד ad “till” 31
• מָדַד madad “to measure” 15
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 17

Key verses

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

• Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and…
• Deuteronomy 12:12 — And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is…
• Deuteronomy 16:11 — And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy…
• Deuteronomy 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just…
• Deuteronomy 17:8 — If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of…
• Nehemiah 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is…
• Psalms 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
• 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 7:2 — Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to…
• Jeremiah 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then…
• Ezekiel 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the…
• Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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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.