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port

Meaning of “port”

A gate or entrance.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
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First occurrence: Nehemiah 2:13

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Nehemiah 2:13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 2:13 · retained source text

And I went out by night, by the gate of the valley, euen before the dragon well, and to the doung-port, and viewed the walls of Ierusalem, which were broken downe, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

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