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דֶּלֶת H1817

H1817 is the Hebrew word דֶּלֶת, transliterated deleth and said deh'-leth. The King James Version most often renders it doors.

Word: דֶּלֶתTransliteration: delethSaid: deh'-lethLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 72 verses

What it means

something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor.

Where it comes from

from H1802 (דָּלָה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 80 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

doors 40×door 18×gates 10×leaves 4×behold the doors 1×both for the doors 1×place and for the doors 1×lid 1×gold from the doors 1×thereof and the doors 1×place and the doors 1×if she be a door 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).

Verses using דֶּלֶת

The first 40 of 72 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 19:6 · KJV

And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

Exodus 21:6 · KJV

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

Deuteronomy 3:5 · KJV

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

Deuteronomy 15:17 · KJV

Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

Joshua 2:19 · KJV

And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

Judges 3:23 · KJV

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

Judges 3:24 · KJV

When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

Judges 3:25 · KJV

And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

Judges 11:31 · KJV

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

Judges 16:3 · KJV

And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

Judges 19:22 · KJV

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Judges 19:27 · KJV

And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

1 Samuel 3:15 · KJV

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

1 Samuel 21:13 · KJV

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

1 Samuel 23:7 · KJV

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

2 Samuel 13:17 · KJV

Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

2 Samuel 13:18 · KJV

And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

1 Kings 6:31 · KJV

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

1 Kings 6:32 · KJV

The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

1 Kings 6:34 · KJV

And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

1 Kings 7:50 · KJV

And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

1 Kings 16:34 · KJV

In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

2 Kings 4:4 · KJV

And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

2 Kings 4:5 · KJV

So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

2 Kings 4:33 · KJV

He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.

2 Kings 6:32 · KJV

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

2 Kings 9:3 · KJV

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

2 Kings 9:10 · KJV

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

2 Kings 12:9 · KJV

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 18:16 · KJV

At that time did Hezekiah cut off 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.

1 Chronicles 22:3 · KJV

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

2 Chronicles 3:7 · KJV

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

2 Chronicles 4:9 · KJV

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

2 Chronicles 4:22 · KJV

And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chronicles 8:5 · KJV

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

2 Chronicles 14:7 · KJV

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, 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 hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 28:24 · KJV

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:3 · KJV

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

2 Chronicles 29:7 · KJV

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 3:1 · KJV

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1817 mean?

H1817 is the Hebrew word דֶּלֶת (deleth), meaning something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor.

How is H1817 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it doors (40 times), door (18 times), gates (10 times), leaves (4 times), behold the doors (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1817 appear in the Bible?

דֶּלֶת (deleth) is tagged in 72 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1817 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1802 (דָּלָה).

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