Dict: easton - Gate

easton:

Gate @

(1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem kjv@Jeremiah:37:13; kjv@Nehemiah:1:3 kjv@Nehemiah:2:3 kjv@Nehemiah:3:3 ), of Sodom kjv@Genesis:19:1), of Gaza kjv@Judges:16:3).

(2.) Of royal palaces kjv@Nehemiah:2:8).

(3.) Of the temple of Solomon (kjvKings:6:34-35; kjv@2Kings:18:16); of the holy place (kjvKings:6:31-32; kjv@Ezekiel:41:23-24); of the outer courts of the temple, the beautiful gate kjv@Acts:3:2).

(4.) Tombs kjv@Matthew:27:60).

(5.) Prisons kjv@Acts:12:10 kjv@Acts:16:27).

(6.) Caverns (kjvKings:19:13).

(7.) Camps kjv@Exodus:32:26-27; kjv@Hebrews:13:12). The materials of which gates were made were,

(1.) Iron and brass kjv@Psalms:107:16; kjv@Isaiah:45:2; kjv@Acts:12:10).

(2.) Stones and pearls kjv@Isaiah:54:12; kjv@Revelation:21:21).

(3.) Wood kjv@Judges:16:3) probably. At the gates of cities courts of justice were frequently held, and hence "judges of the gate" are spoken of kjv@Deuteronomy:16:18 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:8 kjv@Deuteronomy:21:19 ; 25:6-7, etc.). At the gates prophets also frequently delivered their messages kjv@Proverbs:1:21 kjv@Proverbs:8:3; kjv@Isaiah:29:21; kjv@Jeremiah:17:19-20 kjv@Jeremiah:26:10). Criminals were punished without the gates (kjvKings:21:13; kjv@Acts:7:59). By the "gates of righteousness" we are probably to understand those of the temple kjv@Psalms:118:19). "The gates of hell" (R.V., "gates of Hades") kjv@Matthew: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.