H7778 - שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)

H7778 שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr) sho-are'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

gatekeeper

Strong's Definition

a janitor

Derivation: or שֹׁעֵר active participle of H8176 (שָׁעַר) (as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר));

KJV Usage: doorkeeper, porter.

TWOT Reference: 2437b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) gatekeeper, porter

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2377

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

gatekeeper, porter

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֹׁעֵר / שׁוֹעֵר shô‛êr BDB Definition: 1) gatekeeper, porter Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8179 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2437b Total KJV Occurrences: 37

Bible Occurrences (37)

18:26

7:10 7:11

9:17 9:18 9:21 9:22 9:24 9:26 15:18 15:23 15:24 16:38 23:5 26:1 26:12 26:19

8:14 23:4 23:19 31:14 34:13 35:15

2:42 2:70 7:7 10:24

7:1 7:45 7:73 10:28 10:39 11:19 12:25 12:45 12:47 13:5

2 Samuel 18:26

the watchman saw another man running, and he called out... to the gatekeeper, Look! Another man is running alone...! This [one] also brings good news, said the king.

2 Kings 7:10

So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying......, We went to the Aramean... camp and no one [was] there— not a trace... — only tethered horses and donkeys..., and the tents were intact.

2 Kings 7:11

The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s... household.

1 Chronicles 9:17

[These were] the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

1 Chronicles 9:18

he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites....

1 Chronicles 9:21

Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

1 Chronicles 9:22

The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212....... They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

1 Chronicles 9:24

The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.