Door
דָּלStrong’s H1817dal
Appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dal is the Hebrew word usually translated “doors of”, “door” and “doors”. It appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament.
“Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.”
Meaning
- Door (fig.)
- Door (fig., door of chamber in which people (personified) hide)
- Door, gatea door · a gate · (fig.)
How it's translated
- doors of 19
- the door 16
- doors 8
- doors its 7
- for doors of 3
- the doors 3
- leaves 3
- gates 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 11
- 2 Kings 8
- 2 Chronicles 8
- Judges 7
- 1 Kings 5
- Job 5
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:6And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
- Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 19:10But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
- Exodus 21:6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
- Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
- Deuteronomy 15:17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
All 78 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
דָּל dal · door
door (fig.)
דָּלָה dalah · door
door (fig., door of chamber in which people (personified) hide)
דֶּ֫לֶת delet · door
1) door, gate 1a) a door 1b) a gate 1c) (fig.) 1c1) of chest lid 1c2) of crocodile jaws 1c3) of doors of the heavens 1c4) of an easily-accessible woman
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “door” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DOOR, noun
[G., Gr.]
- An opening or passage into a house, or other building, or into any room, apartment or closet, by which persons enter.
- The frame of boards, or any piece of board or plank that shuts the opening of a house or closes the entrance into an apartment or any inclosure, and usually turning on hinges.
- In familiar language, a house; often in the plural, doors.
- Entrance; as the door of life.
All definitions
- Avenue; passage; means of approach or access.“I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved” John 10:9“A door was opened to me of the Lord” 2 Corinthians 2:12
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.