שֹׁעֵר
sho.er
“gatekeeper”
Definition
a janitor
or שֹׁעֵר active participle of H8176 (שָׁעַר) (as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר));
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֹׁעֵר appears 34 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
The gatekeepers:the descendants of Shallum,the descendants of Ater,the descendants of Talmon,the descendants of Akkub,the descendants of Hatita,and the descendants of Shobai,139 in all.
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