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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - the watchman saw another man running toward them. He shouted down, “Here comes another one!”
The king replied, “He also will have news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. “We went out to the Aramean camp,” they said, “and no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasn’t a single person around!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:11 - Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17 - The gatekeepers who returned were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was the chief gatekeeper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Prior to this time, they were responsible for the King’s Gate on the east side. These men served as gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - And later Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - The gatekeepers were stationed on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - The four chief gatekeepers, all Levites, were trusted officials, for they were responsible for the rooms and treasuries at the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - The following men were chosen as their assistants: Zechariah, Jaaziel,[fn] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers—Obed-edom and Jeiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23 - Berekiah and Elkanah were chosen to guard[fn] the Ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - This group included Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun), Hosah, and sixty-eight other Levites as gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:1 - These are the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Abiasaph.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 - These divisions of the gatekeepers were named for their family leaders, and like the other Levites, they served at the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:19 - These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the clans of Korah and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - This is what you must do. When you priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, a third of you will serve as gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s Temple to keep out those who for any reason were ceremonially unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore son of Imnah the Levite, who was the gatekeeper at the East Gate, was put in charge of distributing the voluntary offerings given to God, the gifts, and the things that had been dedicated to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - were put in charge of the laborers of the various trades. Still others assisted as secretaries, officials, and gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, descendants of Asaph, were in their assigned places, following the commands that had been given by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king’s seer. The gatekeepers guarded the gates and did not need to leave their posts of duty, for their Passover offerings were prepared for them by their fellow Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:42 -
The gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai139

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:70

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 - So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - Some of the people of Israel, as well as some of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple servants, traveled up to Jerusalem with him in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes’ reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 - This is the singer who was guilty: Eliashib. These are the gatekeepers who were guilty: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - After the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45 -
The gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai138

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 - So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel. In October,[fn] when the Israelites had settled in their towns, [fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand—

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. “We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 - From the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and 172 of their associates, who guarded the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 - This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah.
Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers in charge of the storerooms at the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as commanded by David and his son Solomon, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So now, in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel brought a daily supply of food for the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Levites. The Levites, in turn, gave a portion of what they received to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah’s disposal. The room had previously been used for storing the grain offerings, the frankincense, various articles for the Temple, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil (which were prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers), as well as the offerings for the priests.
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