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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7778 - שֹׁעֵר

Transliteration

shôwʻêr

Phonetics

sho-are', sho-are'

Origin

from (H8179)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2437b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

gatekeeper, porter

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2377 ‑ θυρωρός (Thoo‑ro‑ros');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (37)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

BSB (37)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

CSB (36)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

ESV (36)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

KJV (37)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

LEB (37)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

LSB (37)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

N95 (36)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

NAS (36)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (37)

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 6

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

ASV (37)

and of the porters 1

and porters 1

and the porters 10

moreover the porters 1

of the doorkeepers 3

of the porters 1

porters 1

shall be porters 1

the doorkeepers 2

the porter 1

the porters 4

they were the porters 1

to be doorkeepers 1

to be porters 1

unto the porter 2

was porter 1

were doorkeepers 3

were porters 1

were the porters 1

BSB (37)

and gatekeepers 4

and the gatekeepers 3

are to be gatekeepers 1

gatekeepers 5

he also appointed gatekeepers 1

of the gatekeepers 4

shall keep watch 1

the gatekeeper 1

the gatekeepers 8

the keeper 1

these were the gatekeepers 1

to be gatekeepers 1

was the gatekeeper 1

were also to be guardians 1

were gatekeepers 1

were the gatekeepers 1

were to be gatekeepers 1

were to be guardians 1

CSB (36)

gatekeepers 23

gatekeepers' 1

the gatekeeper 2

the gatekeepers 9

the keeper 1

ESV (36)

gate 1

gatekeeper 1

gatekeepers 33

keeper 1

KJV (37)

doorkeepers 2

porter 4

porters 31

LEB (37)

and gatekeepers 3

and the gatekeepers 4

and the gatekeepers obed 1

as gatekeepers 1

gatekeepers 3

of the gatekeepers 1

shall be gatekeepers 1

standing 1

the gatekeeper 2

the gatekeepers 13

the gatekeepers of 1

then the gatekeepers 1

was gatekeeper 1

were gatekeepers 4

LSB (37)

gatekeeper 2

gatekeepers 34

keeper 1

N95 (36)

gatekeeper 2

gatekeepers 33

keeper 1

NAS (36)

gatekeeper 2

gatekeepers 33

keeper 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (37)

and porters 1

and the porters 9

moreover the porters 1

of the doorkeepers 3

of the porters 2

porters 1

shall be porters 1

the doorkeepers 2

the porter 1

the porters 5

they were the porters 1

to be doorkeepers 1

to be porters 1

to the porter 2

was porter 1

were doorkeepers 3

were porters 1

were the porters 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2862) r o s (סהאהר ShAhR) AC: ? CO: Gate AB: ?: The entrance into the city as well the activities carried out there such as marketing and judging.

V) r o s (סהאהר ShAhR) - Reason: To think in the sense of splitting open and entering as a gate. KJV (1): (vf: Paal) think - Strongs: H8176 (שָׁעַר)

N^m) r o s (סהאהר ShAhR) - I. Gate:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Sh KJV (375): gate, city, door, port, porter, mouth - Strongs: H8179 (שַׁעַר), H8180 (שַׁעַר), H8651 (תְּרַע), H8652 (תָּרָע)

g^m ) r o f s (סהואהר ShWAhR) - Gatekeeper: KJV (37): porter, doorkeeper - Strongs: H7778 (שֹׁעֵר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֹׁעֵר₃₇ noun masculine porter (denominative from שַׁעַר); — absolute ׳שׁוֺ 2 Chronicles 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 שֹׁעֲרֵי 2 Chronicles 23:4; — porter of city gate 2 Kings 7:10,11 ( 2 Samuel 18:26 read הַשַּׁעַרᵐ5 ᵑ6ᵑ9 Th We Dr and most); portress of house 2 Samuel 4:6 (see above); elsewhere (34t. Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah) of gate-keepers in sanctuary 1 Chronicles 9:17,18,24 +; 4,000 in number, 1 Chronicles 23:5; ׳שׁמֶּתַח לְאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד 1 Chronicles 9:21; שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסִּמִּים 1 Chronicles 9:22; לָאָרוֺן׳שׁ 1 Chronicles 15:23,24; שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּמִּים 2 Chronicles 23:4; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezra 2:42.

List of Word Forms

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