GATES

Of cities

De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5

Made of iron

Ac 12:10

Made of wood

Ne 1:3

Made of brass

Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2

Double doors

Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24

The open square of, a place for idlers

Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19,20

Religious services held at

Ac 14:13

The law read at

Ne 8

The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions

Ge 23:10,16

Conferences on public affairs

Ge 34:20

Holding courts of justice

De 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22; Zec 8:16

Place for public concourse

Ge 23:10; Pr 1:21; 8:3; Jer 14:2; 22:2

Thrones of kings at

1Ki 22:10; 2Ch 18:9; Jer 38:7; 39:3

Punishment of criminals outside of

De 17:5; Jer 20:2; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12

Closed at night

Jos 2:5,7

Closed on the Sabbath

Ne 13:19

Guards at

2Ki 7:17; Ne 13:19,22

Jails made in the towers of

Jer 20:2

Bodies of criminals exposed to view at

2Ki 10:8

FIGURATIVE

Of the people of a city

Isa 3:26

Of the gospel

Isa 60:11

Of the powers of hell (Hades)

Mt 16:18

Of death

Job 38:17; Ps 9:13

Of the grave

Isa 38:10

Of righteousness

Ps 118:19

Of salvation

Ge 28:17; Ps 24:7; 118:19,20; Isa 26:2; Mt 7:13

Of death

Isa 38:10

SYMBOLICAL

Re 21:12,13,21,25