שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם
sha.a.ra.yimShaaraim
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place3 occurrences3 books3 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
Definition
dual of H8179; double gates; Shaarajim, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Shaaraim.
Traditional renderings: Shaaraim.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
3 total
- Joshua 15:36וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ · ShaaraimShaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
- 1 Samuel 17:52שַׁעֲרַ֔יִם · along the ShaaraimThen the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
- 1 Chronicles 4:31וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם · and ShaaraimBeth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.