# H1817 דֶּלֶת

דֶּלֶת (deleth), Strong’s H1817: something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor KJV: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).. Occurs 88 times.

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*deleth* — something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor

KJV: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).

Derived from [דָּלָה dâlâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H1802) (to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket)

Occurs 88 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [דָּל] n.[m.] door only fig.: ψ 141:3.
- דָּלָה n.f
- [דָּלָה] n.f. door, Is 26:20 fig., door of chamber in which people (personified) hides
- דֶּ֫לֶת n.f
- דֶּ֫לֶת n.f. door
- 1 door of house
- 2 door of room
- 3 gates of city
- 4 in other senses

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 19:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=6) — Lot went out to them through the door, and shut the door after himself.
- [Genesis 19:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=9) — They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a…
- [Genesis 19:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=10) — But the men reached out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
- [Exodus 21:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=6) — then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore…
- [Deuteronomy 3:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/3?v=5) — All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, in addition to a great many villages without walls.
- [Deuteronomy 15:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=17) — then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to…
- [Joshua 2:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/2?v=19) — It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we…
- [Joshua 6:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/6?v=26) — Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before the LORD who rises up and builds…
- [Judges 3:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=23) — Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
- [Judges 3:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=24) — After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is…