Interactive 3D Royal Portal Guardian • Esther 1 & Ezra 4:6
Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .
Interactive 3D Babylonian Gate • Daniel 1–4 & 2 Kings 25
Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 19:2 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 8:16 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:6 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 17:19 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:29 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51
Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 3:2 , Acts 3:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).
a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations
Primary meaning: a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations, Gentiles. Strong's: a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan). Lexical nuances: a multitude, a company , whether of beasts or men (Hom.). a nation, people : Mt 21:43 24:7 , Mk 13:8 , Lk 22:25 , Ac 10:35 , al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Lk 7:5 23:2 , Jo 11:48 , 50-53 18:35 , Ac 10:22 24:3 , 10 26:4 28:19 . In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם ), the nations , as distinct from Israel, Gentiles : Mt 4:15 6:32 , Ac 26:17 , Ro 3:29 11:11 15:10 , Ga 2:8 , al.; of G...
Derivation: probably from G1486 (ἔθω);
Ezekiel • Chapter 44 (31 verses)
Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel , hath entered in ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zadok .
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Lamentations • Chapter 1 (22 verses)
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hat... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Zion , Jerusalem .
to sanctify, consecrate, dedicate
To set apart, consecrate wholly to God, treat as holy; to vindicate God's holy honor before the nations ('sanctify My great Name', Ezekiel 36:23).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Isaiah • Chapter 13 (22 verses)
The burden of Babylon , which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger... Mentions: Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Babylon , Ophir , Sodom , Gomorrah .
Ezekiel • Chapter 46 (24 verses)
Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without,...
Isaiah • Chapter 45 (25 verses)
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight:... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Ethiopia .
Ezekiel • Chapter 9 (11 verses)
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jerusalem .
Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)
IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad , who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana , and built at Ecbatana and round about it walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, an... Mentions: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab , Ammon , Nineveh , Ecbatana, Euphrates , Tigris , Persia .
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 26:10 , Jer 36:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).
