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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 - Then the watchman saw another runner, and he called down to the gatekeeper, “Look, another man running alone!” The king said, “He must be bringing good news, too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, “We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a sound of anyone—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:11 - The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17 - The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah,[fn] Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel,[fn] the gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23 - Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for 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 the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:1 - The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 - These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their leaders, had duties for ministering in the temple of the LORD, just as their relatives had.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors,

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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 so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the LORD and also the consecrated gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - had charge of the laborers and supervised all the workers from job to job. Some of the Levites were secretaries, scribes and gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:42

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:70

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 - The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 - From the musicians: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:45

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 - The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - “The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand—

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept. “We will not neglect the house of our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 - The gatekeepers:Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 - Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded 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 did also the musicians and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the musicians and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.
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