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Gate

[1.] Of cities, as of Jerusalem [Jer 37:13 ; Neh 1:3 ; Neh 2:3 ; Neh 3:3 ], of Sodom [1Mos 19:1 ], of Gaza [Dom 16:3 ].

[2.] Of royal palaces [Neh 2:8 ].

[3.] Of the temple of Solomon [1Kong 6:34 ; 1Kong 6:35 ; 2Kong 18:16 ]; of the holy place [1Kong 6:31 ; 1Kong 6:32 ; Esek 41:23 ; Esek 41:24 ]; of the outer courts of the temple, the beautiful gate [Apg 3:2 ].

[4.] Tombs [Matt 27:60 ].

[5.] Prisons [Apg 12:10 ; Apg 16:27 ].

[6.] Caverns [1Kong 19:13 ].

[7.] Camps [2Mos 32:26 ; 2Mos 32:27 ; Hebr 13:12 ].

The materials of which gates were made were,

[1.] Iron and brass [Sal 107:16 ; Jes 45:2 ; Apg 12:10 ].

[2.] Stones and pearls [Jes 54:12 ; Åp 21:21 ].

[3.] Wood [Dom 16:3 ] probably.

At the gates of cities courts of justice were frequently held, and hencejudges of the gateare spoken of [5Mos 16:18 ; 5Mos 17:8 ; 5Mos 21:19 ; 5Mos 25:6 ; 5Mos 25:7 ], etc. At the gates prophets also frequently delivered their messages [Ordsp 1:21 ; Ordsp 8:3 ; Jes 29:21 ; Jer 17:19 ; Jer 17:20 ; Jer 26:10 ]. Criminals were punished without the gates [1Kong 21:13 ; Apg 7:59 ]. By thegates of righteousness” we are probably to understand those of the temple [Sal 118:19 ]. “The gates of hell” (R.V., “gates of Hades”) [Matt 16:18 ], are generally interpreted as meaning the power of Satan, but probably they may mean the power of death, denoting that the Church of Christ shall never die.

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary