King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8189
Transliteration: Shaarayim
Phonetic Spelling: (shah-ar-ah'-yim)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: two cities in Isr
Meaning: Shaaraim -- two cities in Israel
Word Summary
Shaarayim: two cities in Isr
Original Word: שַׁעֲרַיִםTransliteration: Shaarayim
Phonetic Spelling: (shah-ar-ah'-yim)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: two cities in Isr
Meaning: Shaaraim -- two cities in Israel
Strong's Concordance
Shaaraim Dual of sha'ar; double gates; Shaarajim, a place in Palestine -- Shaaraim.
see HEBREW sha'ar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8189. Shaarayim
שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם proper name, of a location 1 in the Shephelah of Judah (BuhlGeogr. 194) Joshua 15:36, Σακαρειμ, ᵐ5L Σεβαρειμ; שׁ ׳דֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 17:52 (ᵐ5 τῶν πυλῶν).
2 in the Negeb (Simeon), וּבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִוֺ 1 Chronicles 4:31, Σεωρειμ, ᵐ5L Σααριμ; = שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן (q. v.) Joshua 19:6, and perhaps שִׁלְחִיוֺ (in Negeb of Judah) 15:32; BuhlGeogr. m. 185.