Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâʻar

shaw-ar'

שָׁעַר

What it means

to act as gatekeeper

to act as gatekeeper; (figuratively) to estimate

Where it comes from

a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from shaʻar (שַׁעַר)); compare see shôwʻêr (שׁוֹעֵר)

How the King James translates it

  • thinketh1

Every place it appears 1

Proverbs23:7
shâʻar (H8176) — Hebrew word meaning “to act as gatekeeper”