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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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First occurrence: Exodus 20:10

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Psalms 147:13
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 147:13 · retained source text

For hee hath strengthened the barres of thy gates: hee hath blessed thy children within thee.

Proverbs 1:21
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:21 · retained source text

Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she vttereth her words, saying,

Proverbs 8:3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:3 · retained source text

She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores.

Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:34 · retained source text

Blessed is the man that heareth me: watching daily at my gates, waiting at the postes of my doores.

Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 14:19 · retained source text

The euill bowe before the good: and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 31:23 · retained source text

Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth among the Elders of the land.

Song of Solomon 7:13
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 7:13 · retained source text

The mandrakes giue a smell, and at our gates are all maner of pleasant fruits, new and olde, which I haue laid vp for thee, O my beloued.

1611 marginal noteGen. 30.14.

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
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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.

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