The meaning of “שַׁעַר”
Understanding shaʻar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er). - an opening, i.e. door or gate 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space ...
שַׁעַר
city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er). - an opening, i.e. door or gate 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 24:60 | “And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.” Word: שַׁעַר (shaʻar) | |
| Judges 9:44 | “And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.” Word: שַׁעַר (shaʻar) | |
| 2 Kings 10:8 | “And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.” Word: שַׁעַר (shaʻar) | |
| Job 31:21 | “If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:” Word: שַׁעַר (shaʻar) | |
| Jeremiah 22:2 | “And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:” Word: שַׁעַר (shaʻar) |
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