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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 20:10

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Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:26 · retained source text

And her gates shall lament and mourne; and she being desolate, shall sit vpon the ground.

1611 marginal noteOr, emptied: hebr. cleansed.

Isaiah 13:2
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:2 · retained source text

Lift yee vp a banner vpon the high mountaine, exalt the voice vnto them, shake the hand, that they may goe into the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 26:2 · retained source text

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the trueth may enter in.

1611 marginal noteHebr. trueths.

Isaiah 38:10
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 38:10 · retained source text

I saide in the cutting off of my dayes; I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres.

Isaiah 45:1
THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:1 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD to his Anointed, to Cyrus whose right hande I haue holden, to subdue nations before him: and I will loose the loines of kings to open before him the two leaued gates, and the gates shall not be shut.

1611 marginal noteOr, strengthened.

Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:2 · retained source text

I will goe before thee, and make the crooked places straight, I wil break in pieces the gates of brasse, and cut in sunder the barres of yron.

Isaiah 60:11
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:11 · retained source text

Therefore thy gates shal be open continually, they shall not bee shut day nor night, that men may bring vnto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

1611 marginal noteOr, wealth

1611 marginal noteReue.21.25.

Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:18 · retained source text

Uiolence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders, but thou shalt call thy walles saluation, and thy gates praise.

Isaiah 62:10
¶ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 62:10 · retained source text

¶ Goe through, goe through the gates: prepare you the way of the people: cast vp, cast vp the high way, gather out the stones, lift vp a standard for the people.

1611 marginal noteChap.40.3. & 57.14.

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