Gate

From BibleWiki

Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer 37:13; Neh 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen 19:1), of Gaza (Jdg 16:3).
Of royal palaces (Neh 2:8).
Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kg 6:34, 35; 2Kg 18:16); of the holy place (1 Kg 6:31, 32; Ezek 41:23, 24); of the outer courts of the temple, the beautiful gate (Acts 3:2).
Tombs (Mt 27:60).
Prisons (Acts 12:10; 16:27).
Caverns (1 Kg 19:13).
Camps (Ex 32:26, 27; Heb 13:12).

The materials of which gates were made were,

Iron and brass (Ps 107¹⁶; Isa 45:2; Acts 12:10).
Stones and pearls (Isa 54:12; Rev 21:21).
Wood (Jdg 16:3) probably.

At the gates of cities courts of justice were frequently held, and hence "judges of the gate" are spoken of (Deut 16:18; 17:8; 21:19; 25:6, 7, etc.). At the gates prophets also frequently delivered their messages (Prov 1:21; 8:3; Isa 29:21; Jer 17:19, 20; 26:10). Criminals were punished without the gates (1 Kg 21:13; Acts 7:59). By the "gates of righteousness" we are probably to understand those of the temple (Ps 118¹⁹). "The gates of hell" (R.V., "gates of Hades") Mt 16:18, are generally interpreted as meaning the power of Satan, but probably they may mean the power of death, denoting that the Church of Christ shall never die.