◄ 7778. shoer ►
Strong's Lexicon shoer: Gatekeeper, doorkeeper Original Word: שׁוֹעֵר Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: show`er Pronunciation: sho-AYR Phonetic Spelling: (sho-are') Definition: Gatekeeper, doorkeeper Meaning: a janitor Word Origin: Derived from the root שָׁעַר (sha'ar), meaning "to guard" or "to keep." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2377 (thyroros): Refers to a doorkeeper or porter, similar in function to the Hebrew shoer. Usage: The term "shoer" refers to a gatekeeper or doorkeeper, an individual responsible for guarding and managing the entrance to a city, temple, or palace. In ancient Israel, gatekeepers held significant roles, ensuring the security and order of important locations. They were often Levites, tasked with maintaining the sanctity and safety of the temple. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern societies, city gates were crucial for defense, commerce, and social interaction. Gatekeepers were essential for controlling access, maintaining security, and facilitating trade. In the context of the Israelite temple, gatekeepers were part of the Levitical order, responsible for protecting the sacred space and ensuring that only those who were ceremonially clean could enter. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from the same as shaar Definition a gatekeeper NASB Translation gatekeeper (2), gatekeepers (33), gatekeepers* (1), keeper (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs שֹׁעֵר37 noun masculine porter (denominative from שַׁעַר); — absolute ׳שׁוֺ2Chronicles 31:14, construct ׳שֹׁ 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chronicles 9:21, + feminine שׁוֺעֶ֫רֶת 2 Samuel 4:6 (for ᵑ0 [וֺךְ] בֹּאוּ עַד תּ) We Dr HPS Bu Now after ᵐ5 (Th מְּקִידַת דֶּלֶת); plural שֹׁעֲרִים 2 Kings 7:11 +; construct שֹׁעֲרֵי2Chronicles 23:4; — porter of city gate 2 Kings 7:10,11 (2 Samuel 18:26 read הַשַּׁעַר ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th We Dr and most); portress of house 2 Samuel 4:6 (see above); elsewhere (34 t. Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah) of gate-keepers in sanctuary 1 Chronicles 9:17,18,24 +; 4,000 in number, 1 Chronicles 23:5; ׳שׁ מֶּתַח לְאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד 1 Chronicles 9:21; שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסִּמִּים 1 Chronicles 9:22; לָאָרוֺן ׳שׁ 1 Chronicles 15:23,24; שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּמִּים2Chronicles 23:4; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezra 2:42. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance doorkeeper, porter Or shomer {sho-are'}: active participle of sha'ar (as denominative from sha'ar); a janitor -- doorkeeper, porter. see HEBREW sha'ar see HEBREW sha'ar Forms and Transliterations הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜ים הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃ הַשֹּׁעֵ֔ר הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֨ים הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣ר השוער השוערים השער השערים השערים׃ וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֛ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים֙ וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֖ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים֩ וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃ והשוערים והשערים ושוערים׃ לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים לְשֹׁעֲרִ֣ים לְשֹׁעֲרִֽים׃ לשערי לשערים לשערים׃ שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים שֹׁעֵ֣ר שֹׁעֵ֥ר שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ שוערים שער שערים haš·šō·‘ă·rîm haš·šō·‘êr haš·šō·w·‘ă·rîm haš·šō·w·‘êr hashshoaRim hashshoEr haššō‘ărîm haššō‘êr haššōw‘ărîm haššōw‘êr lə·šō·‘ă·rê lə·šō·‘ă·rîm leshoaRei leshoaRim ləšō‘ărê ləšō‘ărîm shoaRim shoEr šō‘ărîm šō‘êr šō·‘ă·rîm šō·‘êr šō·w·‘ă·rîm šōw‘ărîm vehashshoaRim veshoaRim wə·haš·šō·‘ă·rîm wə·haš·šō·w·‘ă·rîm wə·šō·w·‘ă·rîm wəhaššō‘ărîm wəhaššōw‘ărîm wəšōw‘ărîm Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 2 Samuel 18:26 HEB: הַצֹּפֶה֙ אֶל־ הַשֹּׁעֵ֔ר וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּה־ NAS: called to the gatekeeper and said, KJV: called unto the porter, and said, INT: and the watchman to the gatekeeper and said Behold 2 Kings 7:10 HEB: וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֮ אֶל־ שֹׁעֵ֣ר הָעִיר֒ וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ NAS: and called to the gatekeepers of the city, KJV: and called unto the porter of the city: INT: and called to the gatekeepers of the city told 2 Kings 7:11 HEB: וַיִּקְרָ֖א הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים וַיַּגִּ֕ידוּ בֵּ֥ית NAS: The gatekeepers called and told KJV: And he called the porters; and they told INT: called the gatekeepers and told household 1 Chronicles 9:17 HEB: וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים֙ שַׁלּ֣וּם וְעַקּ֔וּב NAS: Now the gatekeepers [were] Shallum KJV: And the porters [were], Shallum, INT: now the gatekeepers Shallum and Akkub 1 Chronicles 9:18 HEB: מִזְרָ֑חָה הֵ֚מָּה הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לְמַחֲנ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י NAS: These [were] the gatekeepers for the camp KJV: eastward: they [were] porters in the companies INT: eastward like the gatekeepers the camp of the sons 1 Chronicles 9:21 HEB: בֶּ֣ן מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה שֹׁעֵ֥ר פֶּ֖תַח לְאֹ֥הֶל NAS: of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance KJV: of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door INT: the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent 1 Chronicles 9:22 HEB: כֻּלָּ֤ם הַבְּרוּרִים֙ לְשֹׁעֲרִ֣ים בַּסִּפִּ֔ים מָאתַ֖יִם NAS: these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds KJV: All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates INT: these chosen to be porters the gates hundred 1 Chronicles 9:24 HEB: רוּח֔וֹת יִהְי֖וּ הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים מִזְרָ֥ח יָ֖מָּה NAS: The gatekeepers were on the four KJV: quarters were the porters, toward the east, INT: sides become the gatekeepers to the east west 1 Chronicles 9:26 HEB: אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙ גִּבֹּרֵ֣י הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים הֵ֖ם הַלְוִיִּ֑ם NAS: chief gatekeepers who KJV: chief porters, were in [their] set office, INT: the four chief gatekeepers who Levites 1 Chronicles 15:18 HEB: אֱדֹ֛ם וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃ NAS: Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. KJV: and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. INT: Obed-edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers 1 Chronicles 15:23 HEB: וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן׃ NAS: and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. KJV: and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. INT: Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers the ark 1 Chronicles 15:24 HEB: אֱדֹם֙ וִֽיחִיָּ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן׃ NAS: and Jehiah also [were] gatekeepers for the ark. KJV: and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. INT: Obed-edom and Jehiah also gatekeepers the ark 1 Chronicles 16:38 HEB: יְדִית֛וּן וְחֹסָ֖ה לְשֹׁעֲרִֽים׃ NAS: of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers. KJV: of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters: INT: of Jeduthun and Hosah gatekeepers 1 Chronicles 23:5 HEB: וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת אֲלָפִים֙ NAS: and 4,000 [were] gatekeepers, and 4,000 KJV: thousand [were] porters; and four INT: four thousand porters and four thousand 1 Chronicles 26:1 HEB: לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים לַקָּרְחִ֕ים מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ NAS: For the divisions of the gatekeepers [there were] of the Korahites, KJV: Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites INT: the divisions of the gatekeepers the Korahites Meshelemiah 1 Chronicles 26:12 HEB: לְ֠אֵלֶּה מַחְלְק֨וֹת הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜ים לְרָאשֵׁ֧י הַגְּבָרִ֛ים NAS: divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief KJV: Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief INT: to these divisions of the gatekeepers the chief men 1 Chronicles 26:19 HEB: אֵ֗לֶּה מַחְלְקוֹת֙ הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לִבְנֵ֥י הַקָּרְחִ֖י NAS: were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons KJV: These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons INT: These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah 2 Chronicles 8:14 HEB: י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֣עַר NAS: rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions KJV: required: the porters also by their courses INT: to the daily to the daily and the gatekeepers their divisions every 2 Chronicles 23:4 HEB: לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י הַסִּפִּֽים׃ NAS: in on the sabbath, [shall be] gatekeepers, KJV: and of the Levites, [shall be] porters of the doors; INT: of the priests and Levites porters of the doors 2 Chronicles 23:19 HEB: וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙ הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים עַֽל־ שַׁעֲרֵ֖י NAS: He stationed the gatekeepers of the house KJV: And he set the porters at the gates INT: stationed the gatekeepers at the gates 2 Chronicles 31:14 HEB: יִמְנָ֤ה הַלֵּוִי֙ הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣ר לַמִּזְרָ֔חָה עַ֖ל NAS: the Levite, the keeper of the eastern KJV: the Levite, the porter toward the east, INT: of Imnah the Levite the keeper of the eastern over 2 Chronicles 34:13 HEB: סוֹפְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃ NAS: and officials and gatekeepers. KJV: and officers, and porters. INT: scribes and officials and gatekeepers 2 Chronicles 35:15 HEB: חוֹזֵ֣ה הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖ים לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַר NAS: seer; and the gatekeepers at each KJV: seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; INT: seer the king's and the gatekeepers each gate Ezra 2:42 HEB: בְּנֵ֣י הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים בְּנֵי־ שַׁלּ֤וּם NAS: The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons KJV: The children of the porters: the children INT: the children of the porters the children of Shallum Ezra 2:70 HEB: הָעָ֞ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛ים וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם NAS: the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants KJV: and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, INT: of the people the singers the gatekeepers and the temple their cities 37 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 7778 37 Occurrences haš·šō·‘ă·rîm — 13 Occ. haš·šō·‘êr — 2 Occ. lə·šō·‘ă·rê — 1 Occ. lə·šō·‘ă·rîm — 3 Occ. šō·‘ă·rîm — 4 Occ. šō·‘êr — 2 Occ. wə·haš·šō·‘ă·rîm — 11 Occ. wə·šō·w·‘ă·rîm — 1 Occ.