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Lexicon :: Strong's H7778 - šôʿēr

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שׁוֹעֵר
Transliteration
šôʿēr
Pronunciation
sho-are'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2437b

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוֹעֵר shôwʻêr, sho-are'; or שֹׁעֵר shôʻêr active participle of H8176 (as denominative from H8179); a janitor:—doorkeeper, porter.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H7778 in the following manner: porter (35x), doorkeepers (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H7778 in the following manner: porter (35x), doorkeepers (2x).
  1. gatekeeper, porter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוֹעֵר shôwʻêr, sho-are'; or שֹׁעֵר shôʻêr active participle of H8176 (as denominative from H8179); a janitor:—doorkeeper, porter.
STRONGS H7778: Abbreviations
שֹׁעֵר 37 noun masculine porter (denominative from שַׁעַר); — absolute שׁוֺ׳ 2 Chronicles 31:14, construct שֹׁ׳ 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chronicles 9:21, + feminine שׁוֺעֶ֫רֶת 2 Samuel 4:6 (for MT [וֺךְ] בֹּאוּ עַד תּ) We Dr HPS Bu Now after Greek Version of the LXX (Th מְּקִידַת דֶּלֶת); plural שֹׁעֲרִים 2 Kings 7:11 +; construct שֹׁעֲרֵי 2 Chronicles 23:4; — porter of city gate 2 Kings 7:10, 11 (2 Samuel 18:26 read הַשַּׁעַר Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Th We Dr and most); portress of house 2 Samuel 4:6 (see above); elsewhere (34 times Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah) of gate-keepers in sanctuary 1 Chronicles 9:17, 18, 24 +; 4,000 in number, 1 Chronicles 23:5; שׁ׳ מוֺעֵד לְאֹהֶל פֶּתַח 1 Chronicles 9:21; בַּסִפִּים שֹׁעֲרִים 1 Chronicles 9:22; לָאָרוֺן שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 15:23, 24; הַסִפִּים שֹׁעֲרֵי 2 Chronicles 23:4; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezra 2:42.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

4:6; 4:6; 18:26

2 Kings

7:10; 7:10; 7:11; 7:11

1 Chronicles

9:17; 9:18; 9:21; 9:21; 9:22; 9:24; 15:23; 15:24; 23:5

2 Chronicles

23:4; 23:4; 31:14

Ezra

2:42

H7778

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7778 matches the Hebrew שׁוֹעֵר (šôʿēr),
which occurs 37 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - Then the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper H7778 and said, “Behold, another man running by himself.” And the king said, “This one also is bringing good news.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers H7778 of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:11 - And the gatekeepers H7778 called and told it within the king’s household.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17 -

Now the gatekeepers H7778 were [fn]Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 -

being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east).

These were the gatekeepers H7778 for the camp of the sons of Levi.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper H7778 of the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers H7778 at the thresholds were 212. These were recorded by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer established in their office of trust.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - The gatekeepers H7778 were [fn]on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - for the four chief gatekeepers H7778 who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, [fn]Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers H7778.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23 - Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers H7778 for the ark.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers H7778 for the ark.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - and Obed-edom with [fn]his 68 relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers H7778.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - and 4,000 were gatekeepers H7778, and 4,000 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which [fn]David made for giving praise.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:1 -

For the divisions of the gatekeepers H7778 there were of the Korahites, [fn]Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of [fn]Asaph.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 -

To these divisions of the gatekeepers H7778, the chief men, were given responsibilities like their relatives to minister in the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:19 - These were the divisions of the gatekeepers H7778 of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 -

And according to the judgment of his father David, he caused the divisions of the priests to stand for their service, and the Levites for their responsibilities to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - “This is the thing which you shall do: one-third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, shall be gatekeepers H7778 at the thresholds,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - And he caused the gatekeepers H7778 of the house of Yahweh to stand, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper H7778 of the eastern gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the contributions for Yahweh and the most holy things.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - They were also over those who carried loads, and directed all those who did the work from service to service; and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers H7778.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers H7778 at each gate did not have to turn aside from their service, because the Levites their brothers prepared for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:42 -

The sons of the gatekeepers H7778:

the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all 139.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 -

So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers H7778, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - And some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers H7778, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 -

Of the singers there was Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers H7778: Shallum, Telem and Uri.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 -

Now it happened when the wall was rebuilt and I had made the doors to stand, and the gatekeepers H7778 and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45 -

The gatekeepers H7778:

the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 -

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 -

Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters—all those who had knowledge and understanding,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary are there, as well as the priests who are ministering and the gatekeepers H7778 and the singers. Thus we will not forsake the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 -

Now the gatekeepers H7778, Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 -

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers H7778 keeping watch at the storerooms of the gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And they kept their responsibility given by their God and the responsibility of cleansing, together with the singers and the gatekeepers H7778, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were giving the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers H7778 as each day required, and set apart the holy portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the holy portion for the sons of Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, also new wine and oil commanded for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers H7778, as well as the [fn]contributions for the priests.
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