Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of “שׁוֹעֵר”

Understanding shôwʻêr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

or שֹׁעֵר shôʻêr (sho-are') active participle of שָׁעַר (as denominative from שַׁעַר) doorkeeper, porter. - a janitor 1)...

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H7778

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

שׁוֹעֵר

Phoneticsho-are'

Transliterationshôwʻêr

Grammar Code

H:N-M

Hebrew Noun, Masculine

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

or שֹׁעֵר shôʻêr (sho-are') active participle of שָׁעַר (as denominative from שַׁעַר) doorkeeper, porter. - a janitor 1) gatekeeper, porter

Scripture References

37 total references

Reference	Text
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.” Word: שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)
2 Kings 7:11	“And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.” Word: שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)
1 Chronicles 15:23	“And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.” Word: שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)
2 Chronicles 31:14	“And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.” Word: שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)
Ezra 7:7	“And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.” Word: שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)