Lexical Definition

‎שׁוֹמֵר‎ Shôwmêr (sho-mare') Shomer ^N:N-M-P
or שֹׁמֵר Shômêr (sho-mare'); active participle of ‎שָׁמַר‎; keeper

Shomer.

• § Shomer = "keeper"
• Shomer, the name of two Israelites

1) son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah
2) an Asherite, son of Heber
2a) also 'Shemer'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֹׁמֵר‎

proper name, masculine 1. father of one of Joash's murderers 2Kgs 12:21*, Σωμηρ, ᵐ5^L Σεμμηρ (called ‎שִׁמְרִית‎ q. v., a Moabitess, || 2Chr 24:26).

2. Asherite 1Chr 7:32, Σαμηρ, Σωμηρ; = ‎שֶׁמֶר‎ 2 b.

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