Bible Dictionary: Port

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

2. (n.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.

3. (v.) In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.

4. (n.) A passageway; an opening or entrance to an enclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.

5. (n.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.

6. (n.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.

7. (v. t.) To carry; to bear; to transport.

8. (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.

9. (n.) The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.

10. (n.) The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.

11. (v. t.) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PORT; PORTER

port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of "gate" (of a city or building) is obsolete in modern English, and even in the King James Version is found only in Nehemiah 2:13. "Porter," as "gate-keeper," however, is still in some use, but "porter" now (but never in the English Versions of the Bible) generally means a burden-carrier. In the Old Testament, except in 2 Samuel 18:26 2 Kings 7:10, 11, the porter (sho`er) is a sacred officer of the temple or tabernacle, belonging to a particular family of the Levites, with a share in the sacred dues (Nehemiah 13:5; Nehemiah 12:47). The "porters" are mentioned only in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, and Chronicles has a special interest in them, relating that their duties were settled as far back as the time of David (1 Chronicles 26:1-19), and that the office extended further to the first settlement of Palestine and even to Moses' day (1 Chronicles 9:17-26). The office was evidently one of some dignity, and the "chief-porters" (1 Chronicles 9:26) were important persons. For some inscrutable reason the Revised Version (British and American) renders sho`er by "doorkeeper" in 1 Chronicles 15-26, but not elsewhere.

See DOORKEEPER.

Burton Scott Easton

Greek

2747. Kegchreai -- Cenchrea, a port of Corinth
... Cenchrea, a port of Corinth. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Kegchreai
Phonetic Spelling: (keng-khreh-a'-hee) Short Definition: Cenchreae ...
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3040. limen -- a harbor, a haven
... a harbor, a haven. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: limen Phonetic
Spelling: (lee-mane') Short Definition: a harbor, port Definition: a harbor ...
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789. Assos -- Assos, a city on the W. coast of Asia Minor
... of Asia Minor. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Assos Phonetic Spelling:
(as'-sos) Short Definition: Assos Definition: Assos, a port of Mysia, in ...
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4198. poreuomai -- to go
... 4198 (from , "passageway") -- properly, to , moving something from one destination
(port) to another; (figuratively) to go or depart, which is attached to ...
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4667. Smurna -- "myrrh," Smyrna, an Ionian city in Asia Minor
... Minor. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Smurna Phonetic Spelling:
(smoor'-nah) Short Definition: Smyrna Definition: Smyrna, a great port of the ...
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98. Adramuttenos -- of Adramyttium, a seaport of Mysia
... Adramuttenos Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ram-oot-tay-nos') Short Definition: belonging
to Adramyttium Definition: belonging to Adramyttium, a port in Mysia, in Asia ...
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3460. Mura -- Myra, a city of Lycia
... Myra, a city of Lycia. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: Mura Phonetic
Spelling: (moo'-rah) Short Definition: Myra Definition: Myra, a port in Lycia ...
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825. Attaleia -- Attalia, a city of Pamphylia
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Attaleia Phonetic Spelling:
(at-tal'-i-ah) Short Definition: Attalia Definition: Attalia, the port of Perga ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8659. Tarshish -- a son of Javan, his desc. and their land, also a ...
... 8658, 8659. Tarshish. 8660 . a son of Javan, his desc. and their land, also
a port on the Mediterranean, also a Benjamite, also a Pers. ...
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8179. shaar -- a gate
... city, door, gate, port. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, ie Door or
gate -- city, door, gate, port (X -er). see HEBREW sha'ar. 8178b, 8179. ...
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Library

Port of Spain
... CHAPTER IV: PORT OF SPAIN. The first thing notable, on landing in Port of
Spain at the low quay which has been just reclaimed from ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter iv port of spain.htm

Apparitions on Occasion of the Death of Jesus.
... There was a port there with many vessels in it; and near this port stood a house
with a high tower, in which I saw a pagan whose office was to watch these ...
/.../chapter lvi apparitions on occasion.htm

Drawing Nearer to the Storm
... Obviously the coaster tied up or anchored in port at night. ... Tyre was the
first port of call, and there the cargo was to be landed. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/drawing nearer to the storm.htm

If any one Wishes to Hear the Arrangements for My Journey from ...
... accompanied by the reverend presbyter Vincentius and my young brother, and other
monks who are now living at Jerusalem, I went on board ship at the port of Rome ...
/.../22 if any one wishes.htm

Moody's Stories
... When they came back, the crew were short of water, and being near an English port,
they wanted to get water; but they were afraid that they would be taken ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/moodys stories/moodys stories.htm

Phoebe
... Her Christian associations were with the Church at Cenchrea, the port of Corinth,
of which little Christian community nothing further is known. ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/phoebe.htm

Tempest and Trust
... The ship was lying in a port which gave scanty protection against the winter weather,
and it was clearly wise to reach a more secure harbour if possible. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/tempest and trust.htm

Lost in the Woods
... Sunday, 4."God renewed our strength, we arose neither faint nor weary, and resolved
to make one trial more, to find out a path to Port Royal. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/lost in the woods.htm

The Papal Bulls against the Jansenists, 1653 and 1713.
... Fontaine: Mémoires pour servir al'histoire de Port-Royal (Utrecht), 1738, 2 vols. ...
H. Reuchlin: Geschichte von Port-Royal, Hamb.1839-44, 2 vols. Comp. ...
/.../creeds of christendom with a history and critical notes/ 27 the papal bulls.htm

Your Apology Says that There are Three Opinions as to the Origin ...
... You are the Aristippus of our day: you bring your ship into the port of Rome full
of merchandize of all kinds; you set your professorial chair on high, and ...
/.../30 your apology says that.htm

Thesaurus

Port (3 Occurrences)
... the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel
sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms. ...
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Dung-port (1 Occurrence)
Dung-port. Dung-pit, Dung-port. Duplicates . Multi-Version
Concordance Dung-port (1 Occurrence). Nehemiah 2:13 And I ...
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Tarshish (24 Occurrences)
... There can be little doubt, however, that this is the name of a Phoenician port in
Spain, between the two mouths of the Guadalquivir (the name given to the ...
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Porter (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic
and intoxicating qualities. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PORT; PORTER. ...
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Haven (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which
affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port. ...
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Neapolis (1 Occurrence)
... It was the sea-port of the inland town of Philippi, which was distant about
10 miles. From this port Paul embarked on his last journey ...
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Joppa (14 Occurrences)
... It is one of the oldest towns in Asia. It was and still is the chief
sea-port of Judea. It was never wrested from the Phoenicians. ...
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Jabneh (1 Occurrence)
... sea. It had a port, now called Mina Rubin, a short distance South of the
mouth of the river, some remains of which still exist. ...
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Jabneel (2 Occurrences)
... sea. It had a port, now called Mina Rubin, a short distance South of the
mouth of the river, some remains of which still exist. ...
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Lap (12 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in
the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke ...
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Bible Concordance

Port (3 Occurrences)

Acts 27:12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
(WEB DBY)

Nehemiah 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
(KJV WBS)

Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Port

Related Terms

Dung-port (1 Occurrence)

Tarshish (24 Occurrences)

Porter (6 Occurrences)

Haven (8 Occurrences)

Neapolis (1 Occurrence)

Joppa (14 Occurrences)

Jabneh (1 Occurrence)

Jabneel (2 Occurrences)

Lap (12 Occurrences)