Bible Dictionary: Porter

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

A gate-keeper (2 Samuel 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chronicles 9:21; 2 Chronicles 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chronicles 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the doors and gates of the temple. They were sometimes employed as musicians (1 Chronicles 15:18).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.

2. (n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.

3. (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.

4. (n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.

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port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of "gate" (of a city or building) is obsolete in modern English, and even in the King James Version is found only in Nehemiah 2:13.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

2377. thuroros -- a doorkeeper
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine Transliteration: thuroros Phonetic Spelling:
(thoo-ro-ros') Short Definition: a door-keeper, porter Definition: a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7778. shoer -- a gatekeeper
... doorkeeper, porter. Or shomer {sho-are'}: active participle of sha'ar (as denominative
from sha'ar); a janitor -- doorkeeper, porter. see HEBREW sha'ar. ...
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8652. tara -- doorkeeper
... doorkeepers (1). porter. (Aramaic) from tra'; a doorkeeper -- porter. see
HEBREW tra'. 8651, 8652. tara. 8653 . Strong's Numbers.
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5449. sabbal -- burden bearer
... to bear, bearer of burdens. From cabal; a porter -- (to bear, bearer of)
burden(-s). see HEBREW cabal. 5448, 5449. sabbal. 5450 . Strong's Numbers.
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2410. Chatita -- a Levite
... Hatita. From an unused root apparently meaning to dig out; explorer; Chatita, a
temple porter -- Hatita. 2409, 2410. Chatita. 2411 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

How St Francis Gave to Brother Masseo the Office of Porter, of ...
... HERE BEGIN THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER XII HOW ST FRANCIS
GAVE TO BROTHER MASSEO THE OFFICE OF PORTER, OF ALMONER AND OF COOK; AND HOW ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xii how st francis.htm

Letter P
... Pope, Benjamin "Received 1828, Died 1835 * Pope, Solomon "Received 1834 * Pope,
Thomas W. "Received 1835 * Port, David "Received 1827 * Porter, Elias R ...
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Jesus the Good Shepherd.
... sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. When ...
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At Dilligen
... "I want to see Father Canisius," he told the porter at the door. ... The porter was very
sorry, but Father Canisius was not in Augsburg. Stanislaus' heart fell. ...
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How St Francis, Walking one Day with Brother Leo, Explained to Him ...
... all drenched with rain and trembling with cold, all covered with mud and exhausted
from hunger; if, when we knock at the convent-gate, the porter should come ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter viii how st francis.htm

John Chapter x. 13-Nov
... Yesterday the porter was also introduced by name. ... "To him," He saith, "the porter
[doorkeeper] [882] openeth." To whom doth he open? To the Shepherd. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xlvi john chapter x.htm

History of the Mt. Byrd Church. When Established. Where. Charter ...
... Lucinda Moffett, Sarah Ann Moffett, Catherine Stipes, Alexander Moffett, Nancy Moffett,
Emily Moffett, Harriet Moffett, Jane Moffett, Porter Fisher, Caroline ...
/.../chapter xiii history of the.htm

The Good Shepherd.
... At the doors of the large sheepfolds, where many thousands of sheep are protected,
a porter, or doorkeeper, remains on guard, and this doorkeeper will only ...
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Discourse on the Good Shepherd.
... They did not come in the ways ordained of God.] 2 But he that entereth in by the
door is the shepherd of the sheep.3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxxxii discourse on the good.htm

Self-Examination
... Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his home, and gave authority
to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch ...
/.../smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 10 self-examination.htm

Thesaurus

Porter (6 Occurrences)
... to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging
is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar. ...
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Port (3 Occurrences)
... imperative, as a command; as, port your helm. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
PORT; PORTER. port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of ...
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Kore (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of the
temple (2 Chronicles 31:14). (3.) In 1 Chronicles 26:19 ...
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Shallum (27 Occurrences)
... (6.) 1 Chronicles 7:13. (7.) A keeper of the gate in the reign of David (1 Chronicles
9:17). (8.) A Levite porter (1 Chronicles 9:19, 31; Jeremiah 35:4). ...
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Journey (214 Occurrences)
... H. Porter. JOURNEY. jur'-ni. See DAY'S JOURNEY; SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY. SABBATH DAY'S
JOURNEY. ... H. Porter. Multi-Version Concordance Journey (214 Occurrences). ...
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Doorkeeper (8 Occurrences)
... (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Int. ... It is often translated by the less definite word "porter". ...
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Day's (19 Occurrences)
... Bible times. H. Porter. SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY. jur ... less definite. H. Porter.
Multi-Version Concordance Day's (19 Occurrences). Matthew ...
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Argob (6 Occurrences)
... These ancient cities of Bashan probably contain the very oldest specimens of domestic
architecture in the world" (Porter's Giant Cities). (see BASHAN.). Int. ...
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Owl (11 Occurrences)
... Gene Stratton-Porter. OWL, GREAT. ... It is included in the abomination lists of Leviticus
11:17 and Deuteronomy 14:16. See OWL. Gene Stratton-Porter. OWL, LITTLE. ...
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Hawk (6 Occurrences)
... See GLEDE; KITE; NIGHT HAWK; FALCON. Gene Stratton-Porter. NIGHT HAWK. ... See HAWK.
Gene Stratton-Porter. Multi-Version Concordance Hawk (6 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Porter (6 Occurrences)

Mark 13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
(KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT)

John 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
(KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS)

2 Samuel 18:26 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, "Behold, a man running alone!" The king said, "He also brings news."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Kings 7:10 So they came and called to 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 the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Chronicles 9:21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Chronicles 31:14 Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of Yahweh, and the most holy things.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Subtopics

Porter

Related Terms

Port (3 Occurrences)

Kore (4 Occurrences)

Shallum (27 Occurrences)

Journey (214 Occurrences)

Doorkeeper (8 Occurrences)

Day's (19 Occurrences)

Argob (6 Occurrences)

Owl (11 Occurrences)

Hawk (6 Occurrences)