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Lexicon :: Strong's H1817 - deleṯ

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דֶּלֶת
Transliteration
deleṯ
Pronunciation
deh'-leth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 431a,e

Strong’s Definitions

דֶּלֶת deleth, deh'-leth; from H1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door:—door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x

The KJV translates Strong's H1817 in the following manner: doors (69x), gates (14x), leaves (4x), lid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x
The KJV translates Strong's H1817 in the following manner: doors (69x), gates (14x), leaves (4x), lid (1x).

  1. door, gate

    1. a door

    2. a gate

    3. (fig.)

      1. of chest lid

      2. of crocodile jaws

      3. of doors of the heavens

      4. of an easily-accessible woman

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דֶּלֶת deleth, deh'-leth; from H1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door:—door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
STRONGS H1817: Abbreviations
† [דָּל] noun [masculine] door (Phoenician דל) only figurative: construct דַּל שָׂפָתָ֑י Psalm 141:3.

[דָּלָה] noun feminine door, only Qr דְּלָֽֽֽתְךָ (Kt דלתיך) Isaiah 26:20 figurative, door of chamber in which people (personified) hides (compare also דֶּלֶת dual)

† דֶּ֫לֶת noun feminine (? masculineNehemiah 13:19) door (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian daltu(m) StrmAv 1843 SchrCOT Gloss; Phoenician plural דלהת CISi. 7. 3; — according to BaZMG 1887, 607 from √ ידל, Assyrian edilu, to bolt, bar) — דֶּלֶת (always absolute, and with article except Songs 8:9 + Ezekiel 41:24 but here Co article) Genesis 19:10 + 18 times; דָּ֑לֶת Genesis 19:9; Judges 19:22; suffix דַּלְתּוֺ 2 Kings 12:10; Du. דְּלָתַיִם (compare Sta§ 187 a) Deuteronomy 3:5 + 9 times, דְּתָ֑יִם Job 38:10; construct דַּלְתֵי Joshua 2:19 + 6 times + Ezekiel 26:2 Co; suffix דְּלָתַי Job 31:32, דְּלָתֶיךָ Zechariah 11:1 + Isaiah 26:20 Kt (compare דָּלָה feminine noun), דְּלָתֶיהָ Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; plural דְּלָתוֺת Jeremiah 36:23 + 10 times; construct דַּלְתוֺת Judges 3:23 + 19 times + Ezekiel 26:2 (Co דלתי); suffix דַּלְתֹתַי Proverbs 8:34, דַּלְתוֺתָיו 2 Chronicles 3:7; 4:22; דַּלְתֹתָיו Nehemiah 3:1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15; דַּלְתוֺתֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 4:9;
1. door of house (distinguished from door-way, compare 1 Kings 6:31 פֶּתַח Genesis 19:6) Genesis 19:9, 10; Exodus 2:6 (all J E) Deuteronomy 15:17; Joshua 2:19 (JE) Judges 11:31; Judges 19:22, 27; 1 Samuel 21:14 (דלתות השׁער) 2 Kings 4:4, 5; 2 Kings 6:32 (twice in verse); Isaiah 57:8; Job 31:32; so figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 8:34 לִשְׁקֹד עַלדַּֿלְתֹתַי; particular doors of house of י׳ 1 Samuel 3:15 (הֵיכַל י׳ 1 Samuel 3:3); temple 1 Kings 6:34 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Kings 18:16; 1 Chronicles 22:3; 2 Chronicles 3:7; 4:22; 28:24; 29:3; Nehemiah 6:10; Malachi 1:10; so of Ezekiel's temple, Ezekiel 41:23, 24 (5 times in verse); Ezekiel 41:25.
2. door of room Judges 3:23, 24, 25; 2 Samuel 13:17, 18; 2 Kings 4:33; 2 Kings 9:3, 10. especially doors of דביר or קדשׁים ק׳ 1 Kings 6:31, 32; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:22 compare also Ezekiel 41:23; also of court עֲזָרָה 2 Chronicles 4:9 (twice in verse), and of porch אוּלָם 2 Chronicles 29:7.
3. gates of city Deuteronomy 3:5; Joshua 6:26 (compare 1 Kings 16:34) Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 23:7; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 2 Chronicles 14:6; Nehemiah 3:1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15; Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 7:1 (ד׳ then generally distinct from שׁער, which denotes the whole structure of gate, including posts, open space, etc., while ד׳ is swinging door), Nehemiah 7:3; Nehemiah 13:19 (where also sense narrower than || שׁעת) Isaiah 45:1 (|| שׁערים) compare Isaiah 45:2 and Psalm 107:16; Jeremiah 49:31; Ezekiel 38:11.
4. in other senses (mostly figurative): door (probably lid) of chest 2 Kings 12:10; aperture of womb Job 3:10 (בטני ד׳); jaws of crocodile Job 41:6 (פניו ד׳); lips of man Ecclesiastes 12:4; doors enclosing and shutting off sea Job 38:8, 10; doors of heaven through which comes rain Psalm 78:23 (compare אֲרֻבֹּת השׁ׳ Genesis 7:11); of column of MS. (from shape) Jeremiah 36:23; figurative of easily accessible woman, Songs 8:9; in simile Proverbs 26:14; of Jerusalem as gate of people Ezekiel 26:2; of Lebanon Zechariah 11:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 19:6; 19:9; 19:9; 19:10; 19:10

Exodus

2:6

Deuteronomy

3:5; 3:5; 15:17

Joshua

2:19; 2:19; 6:26; 6:26

Judges

3:23; 3:23; 3:24; 3:25; 11:31; 16:3; 19:22; 19:22; 19:27

1 Samuel

3:3; 3:15; 21:14; 23:7

2 Samuel

13:17; 13:18

1 Kings

6:31; 6:31; 6:32; 6:34; 7:50; 7:50; 16:34; 16:34

2 Kings

4:4; 4:5; 4:33; 6:32; 9:3; 9:10; 12:10; 12:10; 18:16

1 Chronicles

22:3

2 Chronicles

3:7; 3:7; 4:9; 4:9; 4:22; 4:22; 4:22; 8:5; 14:6; 28:24; 29:3; 29:7

Nehemiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:3; 3:3; 3:6; 3:6; 3:13; 3:13; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 6:1; 6:10; 7:1; 7:3; 13:19; 13:19

Job

3:10; 31:32; 31:32; 38:8; 38:10; 38:10; 41:6

Psalms

78:23; 107:16; 141:3

Proverbs

8:34; 8:34; 26:14

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Song of Songs

8:9; 8:9

Isaiah

26:20; 26:20; 45:1; 45:2; 57:8

Jeremiah

36:23; 36:23; 49:31

Ezekiel

26:2; 26:2; 26:2; 38:11; 41:23; 41:23; 41:24; 41:24; 41:25

Zechariah

11:1; 11:1

Malachi

1:10

H1817

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Strong's Number H1817 matches the Hebrew דֶּלֶת (deleṯ),
which occurs 89 times in 78 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:6–Neh 6:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:6 - So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:10 - But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - “then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - “All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - “then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - “So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be guiltless. And whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - When he had gone out, Eglon’s[fn] servants came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, “He is probably attending to his needs in the cool chamber.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - So they waited till they were embarrassed, and still he had not opened the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And there was their master, fallen dead on the floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - “then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men,[fn] surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - So Samuel lay down until morning,[fn] and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he changed his behavior before them, pretended madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - And Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - Then he called his servant who attended him, and said, “Here! Put this woman out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - Now she had on a robe of many colors, for the king’s virgin daughters wore such apparel. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were one-fifth of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved on them figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - And the two doors were of cypress wood; two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - the basins, the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 - “And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:5 - So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent someone to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - “Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.’ ” And he opened the door and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who kept the door put there all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:16 - At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and for the joints, and bronze in abundance beyond measure,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:9 - Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:22 - the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - So Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God, cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:3 - In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - “They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred,[fn] and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - Also the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:6 - Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:14 - Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”

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