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שֹׁעֵר
- Transliteration
- shôwʻêr
- Pronunciation
- sho-are'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 37
Glosses
porter, doorkeeper, porter.
Lexicon definition
a janitor
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Porter
A gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H7778, H8652, G2377
- Hebrew
- שֹׁעֵר · shôwʻêr
- Greek
- θυρωρός · thyrōrós
Strong’s and original-language information
H7778
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תָּרָע
- Transliteration
- târâʻ
- Pronunciation
- taw-raw'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
porter, doorkeeper, porter.
Lexicon definition
a doorkeeper
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
θυρωρός
- Transliteration
- thyrōrós
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 4
Glosses
that kept the door, porter
Lexicon definition
a gate- warden
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
תָּרָע
- Transliteration
- târâʻ
- Pronunciation
- taw-raw'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
porter.
Lexicon definition
a doorkeeper
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Porter
A gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 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 Chr. 15:18).
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Porters
Indexed occurrences: 3
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All Scripture references41 references
2 Samuel 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 14
2 Chronicles 8
Ezra 5
Nehemiah 10
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
PORTERS
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PORTERS.
Indexed references: 2
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Related UNLEARN Content7 items
Topic
PORTERS
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PORTERS.
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Elipheleh
God will distinguish him, one of the porters appointed to play "on the Sheminith" on the occasion of the bringing up of the ark to the city of David (1 Chr. 15:18, 21).
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Korahites
That portion of the Kohathites that descended from Korah. (1.) They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chr. 20:19). There are eleven psalms (42-49; 84; 85; 87; 88) dedicated to the sons of Korah. (2.) Some of the sons of Korah also were "porters" of the temple (1 Chr. 9:17-19); one of them was over "things that were made in the pans" (31), i.e., the baking in pans for the meat-offering (Lev. 2:5).
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Kore
Partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of the temple (2 Chr. 31:14). (3.) In 1 Chr. 26:19 the word should be "Korahites," as in the Revised Version.
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Porter
A gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 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 Chr. 15:18).
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Sachar
Hire. (1.) One of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:35); called also Sharar (2 Sam. 23:33). (2.) A son of Obed-edom the Gittite, and a temple porter (1 Chr. 26:4).
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Talmon
Oppressed. (1.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19). (2.) One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1).
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