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Strong's H1817 דֶּלֶת (deleth)

Deleth means “gate” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1817 — exanistemi (“objectively”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1817
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 78
Books 22

Strong's H1817 Quick Answer

Strong's H1817 דֶּלֶת (deleth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. deleth (deh'-leth) n-f. 1. something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door [from H1802] It has 78 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include doors and door. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
deleth (deh'-leth) n-f. 1. something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door [from H1802]
Usage
78 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
doors and door

Meaning and Definition

deleth (deh'-leth) n-f. 1. something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door [from H1802] KJV: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141 Root(s): H1802

Original Word
דֶּלֶת
Transliteration
deleth
Derivation
First root strongs: 1802
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1817. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H1817 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render deleth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

doors Joshua 2:19 43× door Genesis 19:6 21×

How Strong's H1817 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 78 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1817 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1817 in the Old Testament

78 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 19:6 KJV

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

Genesis 19:9 KJV

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

Genesis 19:10 KJV

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Usage Excerpts

First 78 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1817.

Genesis 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
Genesis 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
Exodus 21:6 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Deuteronomy 15:17 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Joshua 6:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Judges 3:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Judges 3:24 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
2 Kings 6:32 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles 14:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Nehemiah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
Nehemiah 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
Nehemiah 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Nehemiah 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Nehemiah 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah 13:19 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Job 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
Job 31:32 Old Testament, KJV
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Job 38:8 Old Testament, KJV
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Job 38:10 Old Testament, KJV
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job 41:14 Old Testament, KJV
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Psalms 78:23 Old Testament, KJV
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Psalms 107:16 Old Testament, KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psalms 141:3 Old Testament, KJV
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 8:34 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Proverbs 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Ecclesiastes 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Song of Solomon 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Isaiah 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Isaiah 45:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Isaiah 45:2 Old Testament, KJV
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Isaiah 57:8 Old Testament, KJV
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Jeremiah 36:23 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
Jeremiah 49:31 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Ezekiel 26:2 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Ezekiel 41:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Ezekiel 41:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
Ezekiel 41:25 Old Testament, KJV
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
Zechariah 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Malachi 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1817, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 8 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1817 FAQ

What does deleth (דֶּלֶת) mean?

Deleth (Strong's H1817) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "gate". deleth (deh'-leth) n-f. 1. something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door [from H1802]

How many times is deleth (דֶּלֶת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 78 linked usages for Strong's H1817 across 22 books.

Where can I study deleth (דֶּלֶת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1817 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate deleth (דֶּלֶת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as doors and door. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.