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gates

Meaning of “gates”

Movable barriers and the entrances they close in walls, cities, courts, houses, or enclosed places; by extension, the city, jurisdiction, public place, or access represented by those entrances.

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144 occurrences132 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 20:10

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1 Chronicles 9:19
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:19 · retained source text

And Shallum the sonne of Kore, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah, and his brethren (of the house of his father) the Korahites, were ouer the worke of the seruice, keepers of the gates of the Tabernacle: and their fathers being ouer the hoste of the LORD, were keepers of the entrie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thresholds.

1 Chronicles 9:22
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:22 · retained source text

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates, were two hundred and twelue. These were reckoned by their genealogie in their villages: whom Dauid and Samuel the Seer, did ordeine in their set office.

1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.

1611 marginal noteOr, trust,

1 Chronicles 9:23
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:23 · retained source text

So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the Tabernacle, by wards.

1 Chronicles 22:3
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 22:3 · retained source text

And Dauid prepared yron in abundance for the nailes for the doores of the gates, and for the ioynings, and brasse in abundance without weight;

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