- 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
Nave’s Topical Bible
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Nave’s Topical Bible, Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.