Strong H8189H8189Gשַׁעֲרַ֫יִם
Shaaraim
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8189
- Transliteration
- sha‛ărayim
- Pronunciation
- shah-ar-ah'-yim
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Shaaraim was a town in the Shephelah of Judah (Josh. 15:36) and a place the Philistines passed in their retreat from Socoh (1 Sam. 17:52).
Meaning of the name
Shaaraim = "double gate"
General definition
Dual of H8179; double gates;
{Shaarajim} a place in Palestine: - Shaaraim.
{Shaarajim} a place in Palestine: - Shaaraim.
In the biblical story
Shaaraim
Town in Judah; site of Philistine retreat
Shaaraim was a town in the Shephelah of Judah (Josh. 15:36) and a place the Philistines passed in their retreat from Socoh (1 Sam. 17:52).
In the Bible
Strong H8189G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shaaraim1
- sharaim1
First verses
- Joshua 15:36And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
- 1 Samuel 17:52And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.