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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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Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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1611 witness · Judges 5:8 · retained source text

They chose new gods; then was warre in the gates: was there a shield or speare seene among fourtie thousand in Israel?

Judges 5:11
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
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1611 witness · Judges 5:11 · retained source text

They that are deliuered from the noise of Archers in the places of drawing water; there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, euen the righteous acts towards the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD goe downe to the gates.

1611 marginal noteHebr. righteousnesses of the LORD.

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