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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 14 times in 14 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17 - And the gatekeepers are Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren -- Shallum is the head;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - Zechariah son of Meshelemiah is gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds are two hundred and twelve; they are in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brethren, the seconds in rank, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23 - And Berechiah and Elkanah are gatekeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah are gatekeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - both Obed-Edom and their brethren, sixty and eight, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah for gatekeepers,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:1 - For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites is Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 - According to these are the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones are charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:19 - These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.
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