- Of citiesDeu 3:5Jos 6:261Sa 23:72Sa 18:242Ch 8:5
- Made of ironAct 12:10
- Made of woodNeh 1:3
- Made of brassPsa 107:16Isa 45:2
- Double doorsIsa 45:1Ezk 41:24
- The open square of, a place for idlersGen 19:11Sa 4:18Psa 69:12Pro 1:21Jer 17:19Jer 17:20
- Religious services held atAct 14:13
- The law read atNeh 8
- The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactionsGen 23:10Gen 23:16
- Conferences on public affairsGen 34:20
- Holding courts of justiceDeu 16:18Deu 21:19Deu 22:15Jos 20:4Rut 4:12Sa 15:2Pro 22:22Zec 8:16
- Place for public concourseGen 23:10Pro 1:21Pro 8:3Jer 14:2Jer 22:2
- Thrones of kings at1Ki 22:102Ch 18:9Jer 38:7Jer 39:3
- Punishment of criminals outside ofDeu 17:5Jer 20:2Act 7:58Heb 13:12
- Closed at nightJos 2:5Jos 2:7
- Closed on the SabbathNeh 13:19
- Guards at2Ki 7:17Neh 13:19Neh 13:22
- Jails made in the towers ofJer 20:2
- Bodies of criminals exposed to view at2Ki 10:8
- FIGURATIVE
- Of the people of a cityIsa 3:26
- Of the gospelIsa 60:11
- Of the powers of hell (Hades)Mat 16:18
- Of deathJob 38:17Psa 9:13
- Of the graveIsa 38:10
- Of righteousnessPsa 118:19
- Of salvationGen 28:17Psa 24:7Psa 118:19Psa 118:20Isa 26:2Mat 7:13
- Of deathIsa 38:10
- SYMBOLICALRev 21:12Rev 21:13Rev 21:21Rev 21:25
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