→ Of cities De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5
→ Made of iron Ac 12:10
→ Made of wood Ne 1:3
→ Made of brass Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
→ Double doors Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24
→ The open square of, a place for idlers Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19,20
→ Religious services held at Ac 14:13
→ The law read at Ne 8
→ The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions Ge 23:10,16
→ Conferences on public affairs Ge 34:20
→ Holding courts of justice De 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22; Zec 8:16
→ Place for public concourse Ge 23:10; Pr 1:21; 8:3; Jer 14:2; 22:2
→ Thrones of kings at 1Ki 22:10; 2Ch 18:9; Jer 38:7; 39:3
→ Punishment of criminals outside of De 17:5; Jer 20:2; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12
→ Closed on the Sabbath Ne 13:19
→ Guards at 2Ki 7:17; Ne 13:19,22
→ Jails made in the towers of Jer 20:2
→ Bodies of criminals exposed to view at 2Ki 10:8
→ FIGURATIVE