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שַׁעַר

shaʻar · Hebrew · Strong's H8179 · 374 occurrences

The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “door”

What it means

an opening, i.e. door or gate

from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense;

How the KJV renders it

city, door, gate

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

door
also renders thýra (G2374), bayith (H1004), deleth (H1817), mᵉzûwzâh (H4201), pethach (H6607)
gate
also renders thýra (G2374), pýlē (G4439), pylṓn (G4440), deleth (H1817), pethach (H6607)
city
also renders pólis (G4172), qiryâʼ (H7149), qiryâh (H7151), qereth (H7176)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

374 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 9:18 HR/Ncmsc1 Chronicles 9:23 HTd/Ncmpa1 Chronicles 11:17 HRd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 11:18 HRd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 16:42 HRd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 22:3 HTd/Ncmpa1 Chronicles 26:13 HC/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 26:16 HNcmsc1 Kings 8:37 HNcmpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 22:10 HNcmsc1 Samuel 4:18 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 9:18 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 17:52 HNcmpc1 Samuel 21:13 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 6:28 HNcmpc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 8:14 HC/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 18:9 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 23:5 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 23:15 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 23:19 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 23:20 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 24:8 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 25:23 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 26:9 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 27:3 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 31:2 HR/Ncmpc2 Chronicles 32:6 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 33:14 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 35:15 HC/Ncmsa2 Kings 7:1 HR/Ncmsc2 Kings 7:3 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 7:17 HRd/Ncmsa2 Kings 7:18 HR/Ncmsc2 Kings 7:20 HRd/Ncmsa2 Kings 9:31 HRd/Ncmsa2 Kings 10:8 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 11:6 HR/Ncmsc2 Kings 11:19 HNcmsc2 Kings 14:13 HNcmsc2 Kings 15:35 HNcmsc2 Kings 23:8 HNcmsc2 Kings 25:4 HNcmsa2 Samuel 3:27 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 10:8 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 11:23 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 15:2 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 18:4 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 18:24 HTd/Ncmpa2 Samuel 18:33 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 19:8 HRd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 23:15 HRd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 23:16 HRd/NcmsaAmos 5:10 HRd/NcmsaAmos 5:12 HRd/NcmsaAmos 5:15 HRd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 5:14 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 6:9 HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 11:20 HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 12:12 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mpDeuteronomy 12:15 HNcmpc/Sp2ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.