שַׁ֫עַר
gate
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
123 distinct verses where H8179 appears in the Absolute state, across 20 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus 1 verse
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 22:15 הַ/שָּֽׁעְרָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;
- Deuteronomy 25:7 הַ/שַּׁ֜עְרָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 2:5 הַ/שַּׁ֜עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms and it happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after them quickly; for you will overtake them.
- Joshua 2:7 וְ/הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- Joshua 7:5 הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Judges 5 verses
- Judges 5:8 שְׁעָרִ֑ים n c mp They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
- Judges 5:11 לַ/שְּׁעָרִ֖ים prep det + n c mp Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.
- Judges 9:40 הַ/שָּֽׁעַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
- Judges 18:16 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
- Judges 18:17 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 4:1 הַ/שַּׁעַר֮ ptcl def.art + n c ms Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.
- Ruth 4:11 בַּ/שַּׁ֛עַר prep det + n c ms All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:18 הַ/שַּׁ֗עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Samuel 9:18 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
- 1 Samuel 21:13 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms He changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
2 Samuel 10 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:27 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 10:8 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
- 2 Samuel 11:23 הַ/שָּֽׁעַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 18:4 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to them, What seems you best I will do. The king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
- 2 Samuel 18:24 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֑ים הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c ms Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
- 2 Samuel 18:33 הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 19:8 בַּ/שָּׁ֑עַר בַּ/שַּׁ֔עַר prep det + n c ms prep det + n c ms Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 23:15 בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר prep det + n c ms David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 2 Samuel 23:16 בַּ/שַּׁ֔עַר prep det + n c ms The three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 7:3 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
- 2 Kings 7:17 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר בַּ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
- 2 Kings 7:20 בַּ/שַּׁ֖עַר prep det + n c ms it happened even so to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.
- 2 Kings 9:31 בַ/שָּׁ֑עַר prep det + n c ms As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri, your master's murderer?
- 2 Kings 10:8 הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
- 2 Kings 11:6 בְּ/שַׁ֣עַר בַּ/שַּׁ֖עַר prep + n c ms cs prep det + n c ms A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.
- 2 Kings 23:8 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֗ים שַׁ֤עַר בְּ/שַׁ֥עַר ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
- 2 Kings 25:4 שַׁ֣עַר n c ms Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:23 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֧ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
- 1 Chronicles 11:17 בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר prep det + n c ms David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 1 Chronicles 11:18 בַּ/שַּׁ֔עַר prep det + n c ms The three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
- 1 Chronicles 16:42 לַ/שָּֽׁעַר prep det + n c ms and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
- 1 Chronicles 26:13 לְ/שַׁ֥עַר וָ/שָֽׁעַר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 8:14 לְ/שַׁ֣עַר וָ/שָׁ֑עַר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15 לְ/שַׁ֣עַר וָ/שָׁ֑עַר prep + n c ms conj + n c ms The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
Nehemiah 6 verses
- Nehemiah 6:1 בַ/שְּׁעָרִֽים prep det + n c mp Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
- Nehemiah 11:19 בַּ/שְּׁעָרִ֑ים prep det + n c mp Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 12:25 הַ/שְּׁעָרִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
- Nehemiah 12:30 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
- Nehemiah 13:19 שַׁעֲרֵ֨י הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֔ים n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
- Nehemiah 13:22 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
Job 3 verses
- Job 5:4 בַ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר prep det + n c ms His children are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
- Job 29:7 שַׁ֣עַר n c ms When I went forth to the city gate, When I prepared my seat in the street,
- Job 31:21 בַ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר prep det + n c ms If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Psalms 5 verses
- Psalms 24:7 שְׁעָרִ֨ים n c mp Lift up your heads, you gates; Be lifted up, you everlasting doors: The King of glory will come in.
- Psalms 24:9 שְׁעָרִ֨ים n c mp Lift up your heads, you gates; Yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors: The King of glory will come in.
- Psalms 69:12 שָׁ֑עַר n c ms Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
- Psalms 118:20 הַ/שַּׁ֥עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms This is the gate of Yahweh; The righteous will enter into it.
- Psalms 127:5 בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר prep det + n c ms Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Proverbs 6 verses
- Proverbs 1:21 שְׁעָרִ֥ים n c mp She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
- Proverbs 8:3 שְׁעָרִ֥ים n c mp Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entry doors, she cries aloud:
- Proverbs 22:22 בַ/שָּֽׁעַר prep det + n c ms Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;
- Proverbs 24:7 בַּ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר prep det + n c ms Wisdom is too high for a fool: He doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
- Proverbs 31:23 בַּ/שְּׁעָרִ֣ים prep det + n c mp Her husband is respected in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
- Proverbs 31:31 בַ/שְּׁעָרִ֣ים prep det + n c mp Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
Isaiah 8 verses
- Isaiah 14:31 שַׁ֨עַר֙ n c ms Howl, gate; cry, city; you are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Isaiah 22:7 הַ/שָּֽׁעְרָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
- Isaiah 24:12 שָֽׁעַר n c ms In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
- Isaiah 26:2 שְׁעָרִ֑ים n c mp Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
- Isaiah 28:6 שָֽׁעְרָ/ה n c ms + sfx dem and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
- Isaiah 29:21 בַּ/שַּׁ֖עַר prep det + n c ms that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.
- Isaiah 45:1 וּ/שְׁעָרִ֖ים conj + n c mp Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Isaiah 62:10 בַּ/שְּׁעָרִ֔ים prep det + n c mp Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 7:2 בְּ/שַׁ֨עַר֙ בַּ/שְּׁעָרִ֣ים prep + n c ms cs prep det + n c mp Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 17:20 בַּ/שְּׁעָרִ֥ים prep det + n c mp and tell them, Hear you the word of Yahweh, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
- Jeremiah 22:2 בַּ/שְּׁעָרִ֥ים prep det + n c mp Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
- Jeremiah 39:4 בְּ/שַׁ֖עַר prep + n c ms It happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:7 שַׁ֤עַר n c ms Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 43 verses
- Ezekiel 11:1 שַׁ֨עַר הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Ezekiel 21:22 שְׁעָרִ֔ים n c mp In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
- Ezekiel 40:3 בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר prep det + n c ms He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezekiel 40:6 שַׁ֨עַר֙ הַ/שַּׁ֗עַר n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
- Ezekiel 40:7 הַ֠/שַּׁעַר הַ/שַּׁ֛עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:8 הַ/שַּׁ֛עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:9 הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
- Ezekiel 40:10 הַ/שַּׁ֜עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:11 הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
- Ezekiel 40:13 הַ/שַּׁ֗עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.
- Ezekiel 40:14 הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, round about the gate.
- Ezekiel 40:15 הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:16 לַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ prep det + n c ms There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.
- Ezekiel 40:18 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֔ים הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.
- Ezekiel 40:19 הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.
- Ezekiel 40:20 וְ/הַ/שַּׁ֗עַר conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
- Ezekiel 40:21 הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts of it and the arches of it were after the measure of the first gate: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:22 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.
- Ezekiel 40:23 וְ/שַׁ֨עַר֙ הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר מִ/שַּׁ֛עַר שַׁ֖עַר conj + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms prep + n c ms n c ms There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:27 וְ/שַׁ֛עַר מִ/שַּׁ֧עַר הַ/שַּׁ֛עַר conj + n c ms prep + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:28 בְּ/שַׁ֣עַר הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
- Ezekiel 40:32 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;
- Ezekiel 40:38 הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp A chamber with the door of it was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.
- Ezekiel 40:39 הַ/שַּׁ֗עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.
- Ezekiel 40:40 הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.
- Ezekiel 40:41 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].
- Ezekiel 40:44 לַ/שַּׁ֨עַר שַׁ֣עַר שַׁ֣עַר prep det + n c ms n c ms cs n c ms cs Outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
- Ezekiel 40:48 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
- Ezekiel 42:15 הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
- Ezekiel 43:1 הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר שַׁ֕עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east.
- Ezekiel 43:4 שַׁ֔עַר n c ms The glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
- Ezekiel 44:2 הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
- Ezekiel 44:3 הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
- Ezekiel 46:2 הַ/שַּׁ֜עַר הַ/שַּׁ֔עַר הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר וְ/הַ/שַּׁ֥עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezekiel 46:3 הַ/שַּׁ֣עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms The people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
- Ezekiel 46:8 הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way of it.
- Ezekiel 46:9 שַׁ֨עַר שַׁ֣עַר שַׁ֣עַר שַׁ֣עַר הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms But when the people of the land shall come before Yahweh in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.
- Ezekiel 46:12 הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ הַ/שַּׁ֖עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace-offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
- Ezekiel 46:19 הַ/שַּׁעַר֒ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- Ezekiel 47:2 שַׁ֣עַר שַׁ֣עַר n c ms n c ms cs Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of [the gate] that looks toward the east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
- Ezekiel 48:31 וְ/שַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁעָרִ֥ים שַׁ֣עַר שַׁ֤עַר שַׁ֥עַר conj + n c mp cs n c mp n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
- Ezekiel 48:32 וּ/שְׁעָרִ֖ים וְ/שַׁ֨עַר שַׁ֤עַר שַׁ֥עַר conj + n c mp conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
- Ezekiel 48:33 וּ/שְׁעָרִ֖ים שַׁ֣עַר שַׁ֤עַר שַׁ֥עַר conj + n c mp n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 5:10 בַ/שַּׁ֖עַר prep det + n c ms They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
- Amos 5:12 בַּ/שַּׁ֥עַר prep det + n c ms For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.
- Amos 5:15 בַ/שַּׁ֖עַר prep det + n c ms Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
Micah 1 verse
About this entry
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The Hebrew noun שער centers on the idea of “gate.” Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. Spanning 302 verses in 29 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 19:1. Related forms include שער, שער and שער. Dig into 302-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8179 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 302
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 302 distinct verses.
- 29 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 29 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #135
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 135 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 302 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Ezekiel 59 verses 20%
- Deuteronomy 33 verses 11%
- Nehemiah 31 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 302 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 152 verses · 50%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 97 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 53 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Gate 232×, Gates 75×, Within thy gates 7×
- American Standard Version†: Gate 208×, Gates 66×, 's gate 13×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Gate 186×, Gates 77×, Gateway 29×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Gate 117×, Gate of 91×, Gates 68×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8179 across 371† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8179 across 373† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8179 across 361† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 12 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8179 across 384† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שער I
- 1.
- a. gate, entrance to city, shut (סָגַר) by night Jos 2:5, 7 (JE), cf. Is 45:1, opened (פָּתַח) by day Ne 7:3, cf. Is 60:11; for entrance (בּוֹא), and exit (יָצָא) Je 17:19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27; La 4:12; Ez 26:10 +; עָבַר שׁ׳ Mi 2:13 pass out through (disreg.accents), ע׳ בַּשׁ׳ Is 62:10; with bars ψ 147:13; attacked Ez 21:20, 27, cf. Is 28:6; Mi 1:9, 12; 1 S 17:52; on Ju 5:8, 11 v. Comm.; burned (by foe) Je 19:27; 51:58; Ne 1:3; 2:3, 13, 17; as giving control, possession, of city, יָרַשׁ אֵת שׁ׳ אֹיְבָיו Gn 22:17; 24:60 (J); פֶּתַח הַשּׁ׳ Ju 9:40 + (v. פ׳), דַּלְתוֹת הַשּׁ׳ 1 S 21:14 + (v. ד׳ 3); פֶּתַח־הַשּׁ׳ Ju 18:16, 17 of farm or village; so of camp Ex 32:26, 27 (J). In cities, elaborate structure, with roof 2 S 18:24, upper chamber 19:1; cf. שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם ψ 24:7, 9; write laws בִּשׁ׳ Dt 6:9 (+ עַל־מְזֻזוֹת בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ), 11:20 (+ id.); בְּתוֹךְ הַשּׁ׳ 1 S 9:18, אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַשּׁ׳ 2 S 3:27; (לְ)יַד שׁ׳ as public, 1 S 4:18, + v 13 𝔊 Th We Dr al., cf. 2 S 15:2; 18:4 Pr 8:3 (‖ מְבוֹא פְתָחִים). e.g. Joshua 2:5
- b. particular gates of Jerusalem are: (1) שׁ׳ אֶפְרַיִם 2 K 14:13 ‖ 2 Ch 25:23; Ne 8:16; 12:39; (2) שׁ׳ הָאַשְׁפֹּת Ne 2:13; 3:14; 12:31 = שׁ׳ הָֽשְׁפוֹת 3:13; (3) שׁ׳ בִּנְיָמִין Je 37:13; 38:7; Zc 14:10; (4) שׁ׳ הנַּיִא Ne 2:13; 15; 3:13 2 Ch 26:9; (5) שׁ׳ הַדָּגִים Zp 1:10; Ne 3:3; 12:39; 2 Ch 33:14; (6) שׁ׳ בֵּין הַחֹמֹתַיִם 2 K 25:4 = Je 52:7, cf. Je 39:4; (7) שׁ׳ החרסות Je 19:2; (8) שׁ׳ הַיְשָׁנָח Ne 3:6; 12:39; (9) שׁ׳ הַמִּזְרָה 3:29; (10) שׁ׳ הַמַּטָּרָה 12:39; (11) שׁ׳ הַמּֽ֑יִם 8:1, 3, 16; (12) שׁ׳ הַמַּיִם לַמִּזְרָ֑ח 3:26, cf. 12:37; (13) שׁ׳ הַמִּפְקָ֑ד 3:31; (14) שׁ׳ הָעַיִן 2:14; 3:15; 12:37; (15) שׁ׳ הַסּוּסִים Je 31:40; Ne 3:28 (cf. 3 b); (16) שׁ׳ הַפִּנָּה 2 K 14:13 ‖ 2 Ch 25:23 (read הַפִּנָּה for הַפּוֹנֶה), Je 31:38; 2 Ch 26:9; prob. = שׁ׳ הָפִּנִּים Zc 14:10; (17) שׁ׳ הַצֹּאן Ne 3:1, 32; 12:39; (18) שׁ׳ הַרִאשׁוֹן Zc 14:10;—on sites and rel. to each other v. RS-GASmEncy. Bib. jerusalem ConderHast DB id. BuhlG. 133 ff. Bd.Pai. s. v. MurrayHd. Bk. s.v. Be-RyNe p. 182 ff. GuZPV, especially v (1882), 7 ff., viii (1885), 245 ff. Comm.ad loc. var. e.g. 2 Kings 14:13
- c. of Ezekiel’s holy city, שַׁעֲרִי הָעִיר Ez 48:31, three on each side, named for tribes, v 31(×4) + 12 times Ez 48. e.g. Ezekiel 48:31
- 2.
- a. gate = space inside gate, as public meeting-place, market 2 K 7:1, 18, place of public well 2 S 23:15, 16 = 1 Ch 11:17, 18; where elders, judges, king, sat officially Dt 21:19; 22:15; Am 5:12, 15; Is 29:21; 2 S 18:24; 19:9; 1 K 22:10 = 2 Ch 18:9; Gn 19:1 (J) Pr 24:7; Jb 5:4; 31:21; Ru 4:1, 11; Pr 31:23, 31, etc.; of conqueror Je 1:15; appar. = רְחוֹב שׁ׳ Gn 19:2 (J) Ne 8:16; 1 Ch 9:16 + (v. i. ר׳); Gn 34:20 (P) one came unto gate (בָּא אֶל־), so בָּאֵי שׁ׳ 23:10, 18 (P) those entering the gate, i.e. having citizens’ rights; also went out (to), יָצָא שׁ׳ Jb 29:7 (i.e., in this case, from his own house, outside the city), hence כָּל־יֹצְאֵי שׁ׳ Gn 34:24(×2) (P; cf. also הוֹצִיא אֶל־ Dt 21:19; 22:15, 24); hence = body of citizens, כָּל־שׁ׳ עַמִּי Ru 3:11. e.g. 2 Kings 7:1
- b. hence also = city Is 14:31 (‖ עִיר), ψ 87:2, etc. e.g. Isaiah 14:31
- c. specif. in Dt, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ in thy gates, i.e. thy cities, towns, etc., Dt 5:14 = Ex 20:10; Dt 12:12, 15, 17, 21 + 22 times Dt + 1 K 8:37 (read בְּאַחַד שׁ׳, cf. Dt 18:6; 23:17, so 𝔊; 𝔖 mod.), so ‖ 2 Ch 6:28, + (perhaps) Je 14:2 (but 15:7 Na 3:13 fig. of gates as entrance to land); of private house, שַׁעֲרֵי צַדִּיק Pr 14:19 (perhaps cf. Ju 18:16 1 a supr.). e.g. Deuteronomy 5:14
- 3.
- a. gate of royal castle or palace 2 K 9:31; Je 22:2, 4; Ne 2:8; Est 2:19 + 10 times Est; specif. (of king of Judah), שׁ׳ סוּר 2 K 11:6 = שׁ׳ הַיְסוֹד 2 Ch 23:5 (v. ס׳, יס׳), שׁ׳ הָרָצִים 2 K 11:19, הַשּׁ׳ אַחַר הָר׳ v 6; שׁ׳ הַסּוּסִים בֵּית הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 23:15 (= מְבוֹא הַסּ׳ ‖ 2 K 11:16); appar. of official residence, פֶּתַח שׁ׳ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ 2 K 23:8. e.g. 2 Kings 9:31
- b. of temple Je 7:2(×2) 1 Ch 9:23; 16:42 + 12 times Ch, incl. שַׁעֲרֵי מַחֲנוֹת י׳ 2 Ch 31:2 (v. מַחֲנֶה 1, p. 334), cf. ψ 100:4; 118:20, שַׁעֲרֵי צֶדֶק v 19; specif. שׁ׳ בִּנְיָמִין הָעֶלְיוֹן Je 20:2, and (om. בִּנְי׳) 2 K 15:35 = 2 Ch 27:3; Ez 9:2; 2 Ch 23:20, י׳ הֶחָדָשׁ (בֵּית) שׁ׳ Je 26:10; 36:10, שׁ׳ הַפְּנִימִית הַפּוֹנֶה צָפ֫וֹנָה Ez 8:3 cf. v 14, 8:5, שׁ׳ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שַׁעַר בֵּית י׳ הַקַּדְמֹנִי 10:19; 11:1; שׁ׳ שַׁלֶּכֶת 1 Ch 26:16; שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Ch 9:18. e.g. Jeremiah 7:2
- c. of Ezekiel’s temple and courts Ez 40:3, 6; 44:11, 17 + 67 times Ez 40–47. e.g. Ezekiel 40:3
- d. of court of tabern. (P), שׁ׳ הֶחָצֵר Ex 27:16; 35:17 + 6 times Ex + Nu 4:36. e.g. Exodus 27:16
- 4. fig. זֶה שׁ׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם Gn 28:17 (E; ‖ בֵּית אֱלֹהִים); pl. שַׁעֲרֵי שְׁאוֹל Is 38:10; שׁ׳־מָוֶת Jb 38:17 ψ 9:14; 107:18; שׁ׳ צַלְמָוֶת Jb 38:17. e.g. Genesis 28:17
שער II [m.] measure (proposes reckoning)
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. 2 S 18:24 (f. Is 14:31 in personif., AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86) gate;—שׁ׳ abs. Ju 9:40 +, cstr. Gn 22:17 +; c. ה loc., שָׁ֑עְרָה Is 28:6 +; pl. שְׁעָרִים 2 S 18:24 +, cstr. שַׁעֲרֵי 1 S 17:52 +; sf. שְׁעָרֶיךָ Dt 12:15 +, שַׁעֲרֵיהֶם Ez 21:20; 48:34, etc.;—
II. n.[m.] measure (proposes reckoning);—pl. מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Gn 26:12 (J) 100 measures, i.e. 100 for one = 100-fold.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שער (shâʻar) (H8176) — to calculate.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁעַר I
- to keep the gate.—V. שׁוֹעֵר.
- same. Arakh. 11ᵇ משורר ששי׳ בשל חבירו a Levite chorister that helped in attending to the gate in his neighbor’s stead.—Part. מְשׁוֹעֵר; pl. מְשׁוֹעֲרִים (formed by analogy to מְשׁוֹרֵר, v. שִׁיר I). Ib. מש׳ ששורר, v. שִׁיר I. Ib. ולא מן המש׳ (Sifré Num. 116; Yalk. ib. 752 השׁוֹעֲרִים), v. שִׁיר I.
שָׁעַר II
- v. שַׁעַר) to divide, distribute. [Midr. Till. to Ps. XIV שיערו, v. infra.]
- 1. to apportion, estimate, measure, calculate. Ḥull. VII, 4 כיצד מְשׁעֲרִין אותה וכ׳ how do we define the proportions of the mixture (to find out whether the forbidden admixture is large enough to impart its taste to the permitted portion)? As if it were an admixture of meat in a vegetable dish. Ib. 97ᵇ כשהן משערין משערין וכ׳ when we define the proportions, we include in the calculation the broth &c. Ib. כל איסורין … מְשַׁעֲרִינָן וכ׳ in all admixtures of Biblically forbidden matter we assume for calculation that the forbidden matter was onions or porret. Ib. שִׁיעֲרוּ חכמים וכ׳ the scholars have calculated that of all forbidden substances none give a stronger taste than onions &c. Lev. R. s. 37 מְשָׁעֵר את … באיטלקית (some ed. מְשָׁעֵיר) do you estimate that in all I drank at my meal there would have been a quarter of a Log of Italian (unmixed) wine? Koh. R. to V, 8 שיערו אותה, v. next w.; a. fr.—Midr. Till. to Ps. CXIV (expl. סֹלּוּ, Ps. LXVIII, 5) שַׁעֲרוּ לפניו דרכיכם (not שיע׳; ed. Bub. שפרו, a glossator’s emendation) measure your ways before the Lord (cmp. שׁוּם I). Pesik. Zutr. Haaz. (ed. Bub. p. 114) (ref. to שערום, Deut. XXXII, 17) לא שִׁיעֲרוּם וכ׳ whom your fathers never appraised, to find out whether or not they are of use; Yalk. Deut. 545 לא שערום. e.g. Psalms 68:5
- 2. (v. שַׁעַר) to superintend the market, v. מְשָׁעֵר.
- to be estimated, measured. Ukts. II, 8 מִשְׁתַּעֲרִין בכמות שהן are measured as they are (not compressed); מִשְׁתַּעֶרֶת בכמות שהיא is measured as it is.
שְׁעַר
- Pa. שַׁעֵיר same, to measure, calculate. Targ. O. Gen. XXVI, 12 בדשַׁעֲרוּהִי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. בדשַׁעֲרוֹהִי; Y. בדשַׁעֲרוֹי; h. text שערים).—Ḥull. 97ᵇ ולִישַׁעֲרִינְהוּ בפלפלין וכ׳ why not use as a standard (for calculation in the case of admixtures of forbidden substances) pepper or spices which are not neutralized in a mass of a thousand times their quantity? Ib. בדידיה מְשַׁעֲרִינָן או בדנפיק מיניה משערינן do we calculate the proportions by the actual size of the admixture, or by the quantity that has come out of it (has been absorbed in the dish)? Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵈ top שַׁעֲרוּנָהּ רבנין וכ׳ the Rabbis made the calculation, and it (the well of Miriam) was exactly opposite the middle gate &c.; Lev. R. s. 22 שערותא (corr. acc.); Koh. R. to V, 8 שיערו אותה וכ׳ (Hebr.).
שָׂעַר
- to be rough, denom. שֵׂעָר; to shudder, fear. Sifré Deut. 318 (expl. שערום, Deut. XXXII, 17) שלא עמדה שערת וכ׳ your fathers’ hair did not stand on end before them (v. שָׁעַר II); Yalk. ib. 545. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:17
- (denom. of שֵׂעָר) to grow hair, be hairy. Ḥull. 44ᵃ עד מקום שיַשְׂעִיר Ms. M. a Rashi (ed. כדי, corr. acc.) to the place (of the stomach) where it becomes covered with hair. Ib. (Chald. diction) תורא דמַשְׂעִיר טפי an ox, which is more hairy (on the stomach). Nidd. 25ᵇ עד שישעיר until the embryo has hair.
שְׂעַר
- , Af. אַשְׂעִיר, v. preced.
שֵׂעָר
- preced.) hair. Meg. 18ᵃ, a. e. מסלסל בשׂעַרְךָ, v. סִלְסֵל. Naz. I, 2 הכביד שַׂעֲרוֹ, v. כָּבֵד I. Ib. 4ᵇ לשחת ש׳ וכ׳ to ruin such fine hair; Tosef. ib. IV, 7. Yoma 47ᵃ קלעי שַׂעֲרִי, v. קֶלַע II; a. fr.—Trnsf. crown, ramification of a tree; panicle, stem and pod of leguminous plants. Peah II, 3, a. e. ש׳ כותש, v. כָּתַשׁ; Y. ib. 17ᵃ top סֵעָר. Kil. IV, 9 היה הופך ש׳ שתי וכ׳ he turned the branches of two rows of vines towards one side; B. Bath. 82ᵇ. Sabb. XXI, 3 ש׳ של אפונין וש׳ וכ׳ the panicles (pods) of beans and of lentils. Tosef. Ukts. I, 8 סֵיאָר ed. Zuck. (Var. שיע, read as ed. T’bul Yom III: שיער) the panicle of a pomegranate; a. fr.—Pl., v. שַׂעֲרָה
שְׂעַר ²
- ch., v. שַׂעֲרָא
שַׁעַר
- שער to divide, break open)
- 1. gate, open place for public and private transactions. Sifré Deut. 242 (ref. to Deut. XXII, 24 ש׳ שנמצאת בו וכ׳ the gate (of the place) where she was found, and not the gate where she was judged. Keth. 45ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XVII, 5) ש׳ שעבד בו the gate (of the place) where he worshipped the idol. Midd. I, 3 ש׳ המזרחי the eastern Temple gate; a. v. fr.—Pl. שְׁעָרִים, שְׁעָרִין; constr. שַׁעֲרֵי. Ib. חמשה ש׳ היו וכ׳ the Temple mount had five gates; שני ש׳ חולדה two ḥuldah gates, v. חוּלְדָּה II. Ib. 4; a. v. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 22:24
- 2. market, market price. B. Mets. V, 7 שיצא הש׳, v. פָּסַק. Ib. (72ᵇ) כש׳ הגבוה (Bab. ed. בש׳) according to the price at the height of the market, i.e. the lowest price. Ib. 8 כש׳ הזול according to the lowest market price. Ib. 1 לקח … וכן הש׳ if he bought wheat of him, at a gold Denar a Kor, and such was the market price. Gitt. 57ᵃ נחסר הש׳ מודיא אחת the price went down one Modius, i.e. from forty Modii to thirty-nine for a Denar; וחזר הש׳ למקומו the price went back to its former figure; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. B. Bath. 89ᵃ לש׳ for the regulation of market prices, v. אֲגַרְדְּמִיס; Y. ib. V, end, 15ᵇ שִׁיעוּרִין, a. שִׁיעוּרַיָּיא.
שַׁעַר II
- estimation, proportion. — Pl. שְׁעָרִים. Gen. R. s. 64 (ref. to Gen. XXVI, 12) מאה כורים מאה ש׳ מאה מניינים מאה ש׳ וכ׳ one hundred Kor; one hundred proportions, one hundred quantities; one hundred sh’ʿarim, this shows that they had made an estimate of it (the crop of the field), and it brought a hundred times the estimated quantity; Yalk. ib. 111 (corr. acc.); Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXIII וכל דבר … מאה ש׳ של ממון וכ׳ and for every thing that he gave tithes of, the Lord sent him one hundred times the value, and he blessed him. e.g. Genesis 26:12
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The 141 distinct written forms H8179 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 260 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 302 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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- Genesis 19:1
- Exodus 20:10
- Numbers 4:26
- Deuteronomy 5:14
- Joshua 2:5
- Judges 5:8
- Ruth 3:11
- 1 Samuel 4:18
- 2 Samuel 3:27
- 1 Kings 8:37
- 2 Kings 7:1
- 1 Chronicles 9:18
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