Shaaraim
שַׁעֲרַ֫יִםStrong’s H8189shaarayim (sha-a-ra-yim)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaarayim is the Hebrew word usually translated “shaaraim”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:”
Meaning
- § Shaaraim = "double gate"
How it's translated
- and shaaraim 1
- shaaraim 1
- and in shaaraim 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 17:52And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
- 1 Chronicles 4:31And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
Hebrew dictionary
שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם shaarayim · Shaaraim
§ Shaaraim = "double gate" a town in Judah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.