Strong's Hebrew · H7778
שׁוֹעֵר
shôwʻêr · sho-are'
Definitiona janitor
Derivationor שֹׁעֵר active participle of H8176 (שָׁעַר) (as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר));
KJV usagedoorkeeper, porter.
Occurrences37 in the KJV · 37 verses
שׁוֹעֵר in Scripture
2 Samuel 18:26
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
2 Kings 7:10
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were .
2 Kings 7:11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king' s house within.
1 Chronicles 9:17
And the porters were , Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
1 Chronicles 9:18
Who hitherto waited in the king' s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
1 Chronicles 9:21
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 Chronicles 9:22
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
1 Chronicles 9:24
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles 9:26
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 15:18
And with them their brethren of the second degree , 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 porters.
1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 15:24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed -edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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