Gates
29 references
- Of cities Deut. 3:5; Josh. 6:26; 1 Sam. 23:7; 2 Sam. 18:24; 2 Chr. 8:5
- Made of iron Acts 12:10
- Made of wood Neh. 1:3
- Made of brass Ps. 107:16; Isa. 45:2
- Double doors Isa. 45:1; Ezek. 41:24
- The open square of, a place for idlers Gen. 19:1; 1 Sam. 4:18; Ps. 69:12; Prov. 1:21; Jer. 17:19,20
- Religious services held at Acts 14:13
- The law read at NEH 8
- The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions Gen. 23:10,16
- Conferences on public affairs Gen. 34:20
- Holding courts of justice Deut. 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Josh. 20:4; Ruth 4:1; 2 Sam. 15:2; Prov. 22:22; Zech. 8:16
- Place for public concourse Gen. 23:10; Prov. 1:21; 8:3; Jer. 14:2; 22:2
- Thrones of kings at 1 Kgs. 22:10; 2 Chr. 18:9; Jer. 38:7; 39:3
- Punishment of criminals outside of Deut. 17:5; Jer. 20:2; Acts 7:58; Heb. 13:12
- Closed at night Josh. 2:5,7
- Closed on the Sabbath Neh. 13:19
- Guards at 2 Kgs. 7:17; Neh. 13:19,22
- Jails made in the towers of Jer. 20:2
- Bodies of criminals exposed to view at 2 Kgs. 10:8
- FIGURATIVE
- Of the people of a city Isa. 3:26
- Of the gospel Isa. 60:11
- Of the powers of hell (Hades) Matt. 16:18
- Of death Job 38:17; Ps. 9:13
- Of the grave Isa. 38:10
- Of righteousness Ps. 118:19
- Of salvation Gen. 28:17; Ps. 24:7; 118:19,20; Isa. 26:2; Matt. 7:13
- Of death Isa. 38:10
- SYMBOLICAL Rev. 21:12,13,21,25
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.