Lexical Definition

‎שׁוֹעֵר‎ shôwʻêr (sho-are') gatekeeper ^H:N-M
or שֹׁעֵר shôʻêr (sho-are') active participle of ‎שָׁעַר‎ (as denominative from ‎שַׁעַר‎)

doorkeeper, porter.

• a janitor

1) gatekeeper, porter

See Greek: θυρωρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֹׁעֵר‎₃₇ noun masculine porter (denominative from ‎שַׁעַר‎); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁוֺ‎ 2Chr 31:14, construct ‎׳‎‎שֹׁ‎ 2Kgs 7:10; 1Chr 9:21, + feminine ‎שׁוֺעֶ֫רֶת‎ 2Sam 4:6 (for ᵑ0 [‎וֺךְ‎] ‎בֹּאוּ עַד תּ‎) We Dr HPS Bu Now after ᵐ5 (Th ‎פְּקִידַת דֶּלֶת‎); plural ‎שֹׁעֲרִים‎ 2Kgs 7:11 +; construct ‎שֹׁעֲרֵי‎ 2Chr 23:4 — porter of city gate 2Kgs 7:10; 2Kgs 7:11 (2Sam 18:26 read ‎הַשַּׁעַר‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th We Dr and most); portress of house 2Sam 4:6 (see above); elsewhere (34 t. Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah) of gate-keepers in sanctuary 1Chr 9:17; 1Chr 9:18; 1Chr 9:24 +; 4,000 in number, 1Chr 23:5 ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎פֶּתַח לְאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ 1Chr 9:21 ‎שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסִּפִּים‎ v1Chr 9:22 ‎לָאָרוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Chr 15:23; 1Chr 15:24 ‎שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּפִּים‎ 2Chr 23:4 ‎בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים‎ Ezra 2:42.

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