Gate

Gate (prop. שִׁעִר, shalar, πὑλη; which are also used [espec. the Heb. word] for DOOR [q.v.], although this latter is more properly designated by פֶּתִח, pe'thach, an opening, of which דֶּלֶת, de'leth, was the valve, Gr. θύρα; there also occur סִŠ, saph, 1Ch 9:19,21, a vestibule or "threshold," as usually elsewhere rendered; and the Chald. תּרִע, tera' an entrance, only in Ezra and Dan.), the entrance to inclosed grounds, buildings, dwelling-houses, towns, etc. (see Thomson, Land and Book, 1:29 sq.). Thus we find mentioned. Gates of Cities, as of Jerusalem, its sheep-gate, fishgate, etc. (Jer 37:13; Ne 1:3; Ne 2:3; Ne 5:3); of Sodom (Ge 19:1); of Gaza (Jg 16:3).

2. Gates of royal palaces (Ne 3:8).