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GATE(S)

used for:

♦ cities:

• Genesis 19:1; Joshua 6:26; 1 Samuel 23:7; 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Chronicles 8:5; Nehemiah 13:19; Acts 4:13; Revelation 21:10-12

♦ words of God written on:

• Deuteronomy 11:20

♦ prisons:

• Acts 5:19

location for:

♦ informal sitting or convening:

• Genesis 19:1; 1 Samuel 4:18; Psalms 69:12

♦ communicating to a public audience:

• Genesis 23:10; 34:20; Proverbs 1:21; 8:3; Jeremiah 17:19-20; 22:2

♦ handling judicial matters:

• Deuteronomy 17:5; 21:19-21; 22:15-21; Joshua 20:4; Ruth 4:1-12; 2 Samuel 15:2; Proverbs 22:22; Zechariah 8:16

♦ exhibition of the slain:

• 2 Kings 10:8

♦ thrones:

• 1 Kings 22:10 (cf. Jeremiah 38:7)

♦ religious functions:

closure of:

♦ at night:

• Joshua 2:5; Nehemiah 13:19

♦ on the Sabbath:

• Nehemiah 13:19

♦ keepers of (i.e., "gatekeepers")

• 2 Samuel 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10-11; 1 Chronicles 15:23-24; Nehemiah 12:25

materials of:

♦ wood:

• Nehemiah 2:8

♦ bronze:

• Psalms 107:16

♦ iron:

names of:

♦ gates around the wall of Jerusalem:

• Nehemiah 2:13-12:39

♦ gate of the king:

• Esther 2:19; 4:2

♦ events outside of

• Acts 7:58; Hebrews 13:12

figurative use of:

♦ gates of death:

• Job 38:17; Psalms 9:13

♦ gates of righteousness:

• Psalms 118:19

♦ gate of the Lord:

• Psalms 118:20

♦ gates of Zion (i.e., her people):

• Isaiah 3:26 (cf. Jeremiah 14:2)

♦ gates of Hades:

• Matthew 16:18

♦ gates of Sheol:

• Isaiah 38:10

♦ gate into life:

• Matthew 7:13-14

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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