Bible Names

Shaaraim: meaning of the name

Shaaraim means “gates; valuation; hairs.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Shaaraim in Hebrew and Greek

שַׁעֲרַיִם H8189

Shaʻărayim (shah-ar-ah'-yim) — Shaarajim, a place in Palestine

dual of H8179 (שַׁעַר); double gates;

Places named Shaaraim

Shaaraim in Scripture

“Shaaraim” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Samuel 17:52

    And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:31

    And at Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susim, and at Beth–birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.