Hebrew · H8179

שַׁעַר

An opening , i.e. door or gate

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שַׁעַר H8179

Pronunciation šaʿar

What does שַׁעַר (šaʿar) mean in the Bible?

שַׁעַר (šaʿar): Gate as locus of authority, judgment, and covenant transaction in ancient Israel's social order

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What does שַׁעַר (šaʿar) mean in the Bible?

שַׁעַר (šaʿar): Gate as locus of authority, judgment, and covenant transaction in ancient Israel's social order

How does the BSB render H8179?

The BSB source-word alignment has 374 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gate (92), the gate (32), the gates (25), at the gate (17), of the gate (16).

Where does שַׁעַר (šaʿar) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 19:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (99), Nehemiah (41), Deuteronomy (34), Jeremiah (28).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

gate 92× Genesis 34:24, Joshua 8:29, Joshua 20:4, Judges 9:35

the gate 32× Genesis 34:20, Exodus 27:16, Deuteronomy 21:19, Deuteronomy 22:24

the gates 25× Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, 1 Samuel 17:52, 1 Chronicles 9:23

at the gate 17× Numbers 4:26, Deuteronomy 22:15, Ruth 4:11, 2 Kings 7:1

of the gate 16× Judges 9:40, Judges 18:16, Judges 18:17, 1 Samuel 21:13

within your gates 14× Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18

gates 12× 2 Samuel 18:24, Proverbs 1:21, Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 17:19

of the gateway 11× 2 Samuel 18:24, Ezekiel 40:8, Ezekiel 40:9, Ezekiel 40:11

. . . 9× Exodus 38:15, Ruth 3:11, 1 Chronicles 26:13, 2 Chronicles 8:14

at the gates 7× 2 Chronicles 31:2, Nehemiah 11:19, Nehemiah 12:25, Proverbs 31:31

in the gate 7× 2 Samuel 19:8, Job 31:21, Jeremiah 7:2, Amos 5:10

through the gates 6× Isaiah 38:10, Isaiah 62:10, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:24

your gates 6× Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 17:5, Deuteronomy 28:55, Isaiah 54:12

and the gate 5× Ezekiel 46:12, Ezekiel 48:31, Ezekiel 48:32, Ezekiel 48:33

gateway 5× Ezekiel 40:19, Ezekiel 40:23, Ezekiel 40:27, Ezekiel 40:40

the gateway 5× 1 Samuel 9:18, 2 Samuel 3:27, Ezekiel 40:13, Ezekiel 40:32

in the gateway 4× Genesis 19:1, 2 Kings 7:17, 2 Kings 7:20, Ezekiel 40:3

of the gates 4× Deuteronomy 15:7, 2 Kings 23:8, Jeremiah 1:15, Ezekiel 40:18

and its gates 3× Nehemiah 1:3, Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:17

for the entrance 3× Exodus 38:18, Exodus 40:8, Exodus 40:33

near the gate 3× 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 11:17

to the gate 3× Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Ruth 4:1

- 2× Ezekiel 40:9, Ezekiel 43:1

and on your gates 2× Deuteronomy 6:9, Deuteronomy 11:20

at each gate 2× 2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 35:15

for the gate 2× Exodus 35:17, Exodus 39:40

her gates 2× Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 2:9

in your gates 2× Psalms 122:2, Zechariah 8:16

is the gate 2× Genesis 28:17, Psalms 118:20

its gate 2× Exodus 38:31, Isaiah 24:12

O gates 2× Psalms 24:7, Psalms 24:9

of the city gate 2× 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Kings 7:3

of the towns 2× Deuteronomy 16:5, Deuteronomy 17:2

of your gates 2× Deuteronomy 12:15, Psalms 147:13

the city gate 2× 1 Samuel 4:18, Lamentations 5:14

their cities 2× 1 Kings 8:37, 2 Chronicles 6:28

town 2× Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 18:6

[its] 1× Ezekiel 40:15

[the distance] from gateway 1× Ezekiel 40:27

a gateway 1× Ezekiel 40:24

also had a gate 1× Ezekiel 40:27

among you 1× Deuteronomy 16:14

and her gates 1× Jeremiah 14:2

and the gates 1× Nehemiah 2:13

and your gates 1× Isaiah 60:18

as those of the gate 1× Ezekiel 40:22

at the city gate 1× Deuteronomy 25:7

at the city gates 1× Proverbs 31:23

at the entrance 1× Exodus 32:26

began to fall on the gates 1× Nehemiah 13:19

but the gate 1× Ezekiel 46:2

by the Gate 1× Nehemiah 8:16

came to their gates 1× Judges 5:8

even to the gate 1× Micah 1:12

for each gate 1× 1 Chronicles 26:13

from gate 1× Exodus 32:27

from gateway 1× Ezekiel 40:23

from the gates 1× Psalms 9:13

gate, however 1× Esther 5:9

Have the gates 1× Job 38:17

his gate 1× Obadiah 1:11

His gates 1× Psalms 100:4

in court 1× Job 5:4

in each of the inner gateways 1× Ezekiel 40:38

in its gates 1× Jeremiah 17:27

in one of your towns 1× Deuteronomy 24:14

in the gates 1× Nehemiah 6:1

in the meeting place 1× Proverbs 24:7

it within your gates 1× Deuteronomy 12:21

leading to the city gate 1× 2 Samuel 15:2

O gate 1× Isaiah 14:31

of the gate [to be] 1× Ezekiel 40:6

of the gate’s 1× Ezekiel 40:40

of the gateway was [fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were] 1× Ezekiel 40:48

of the gateways 1× 1 Chronicles 22:3

or from the gate 1× Ruth 4:10

so that the gates 1× Isaiah 45:1

that within the gates 1× Psalms 9:14

the cities 1× Deuteronomy 28:52

The gateway [extended] 1× Ezekiel 40:14

the gateways 1× Ezekiel 40:18

the south gate 1× Ezekiel 40:44

the town 1× Deuteronomy 23:16

their gates 1× Ezekiel 21:15

There was a gate 1× Ezekiel 40:23

through the gate 1× Jeremiah 39:4

to gate 1× Exodus 32:27

to the gates 1× Judges 5:11

vvv 1× Genesis 34:24

were stationed at the gate 1× 1 Chronicles 16:42

when the gate 1× Joshua 2:5

your cities 1× Deuteronomy 28:52

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 19:1

Aligned rows 374

Books represented 29

Genesis 9 Exodus 12 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 34 Joshua 5 Judges 9 Ruth 4 1 Samuel 4 2 Samuel 12 1 Kings 2 2 Kings 18 1 Chronicles 9 2 Chronicles 19 Nehemiah 41 Esther 11 Job 5 Psalms 13 Proverbs 7 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 12 Jeremiah 28 Lamentations 4 Ezekiel 99 Amos 3 Obadiah 2 Micah 3 Nahum 2 Zephaniah 1 Zechariah 4

Source forms

שַׁ֣עַר 42x ša·‘ar Genesis 34:20, Genesis 34:24, Exodus 38:31, Exodus 40:33

שַׁ֥עַר 22x ša·‘ar Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 34:24

הַשַּׁ֔עַר 14x haš·ša·‘ar Judges 18:17, 1 Samuel 21:13, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 18:4

שַׁ֤עַר 14x ša·‘ar Exodus 38:18, 2 Kings 23:8, Nehemiah 3:26, Jeremiah 31:40

בְּשַׁ֣עַר 11x bə·ša·‘ar Exodus 32:26, Judges 16:2, 2 Kings 11:6, 2 Chronicles 23:5

שַֽׁעַר־ 9x ša·‘ar- Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Judges 16:3, 2 Chronicles 23:15

בְּשַׁ֥עַר 8x bə·ša·‘ar 2 Kings 7:1, 2 Kings 23:8, 1 Chronicles 9:18, 2 Chronicles 24:8

הַשַּׁ֖עַר 8x haš·ša·‘ar 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Kings 10:8, Ezekiel 40:9, Ezekiel 40:11

Parsing patterns

Noun - masculine singular construct 93x Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60

Article | Noun - masculine singular 58x Joshua 2:5, Joshua 7:5, Judges 9:40, Judges 18:16

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 30x Genesis 19:1, Exodus 32:26, Judges 16:2, 2 Kings 7:1

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 20x Ruth 4:11, 2 Samuel 19:8, 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Samuel 23:16

Noun - masculine singular 17x 2 Kings 25:4, 2 Chronicles 25:23, Nehemiah 12:39, Job 29:7

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular 17x Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18

Noun - masculine plural construct 16x 1 Samuel 17:52, 2 Chronicles 23:19, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 7:3

Article | Noun - masculine plural 11x 2 Samuel 18:24, 2 Kings 23:8, 1 Chronicles 9:23, 1 Chronicles 22:3

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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What does שַׁעַר (šaʿar) mean in the Bible?

What does שַׁעַר (šaʿar) mean in the Bible?

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