2 Samuel 18:26
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
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Porter
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John 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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שׁוֹעֵר
shôwʻêr · sho-are'
4 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
a janitor
Strong's KJV usage: doorkeeper, porter.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 18:26Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 31:14
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thyrōrós · thoo-ro-ros'
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a gate- warden
Strong's KJV usage: :--that kept the door, porter.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 13:34Strong's last: John 10:3
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H7778
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
H7778
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
H7778
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
H7778
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
G2377
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
G2377
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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porter
PORTER, noun [Latin porta, a gate.]
1. A man that has the charge of a door or gate; a door-keeper.
2. One that waits at the door to receive messages.
3. [Latin porto.] A carrier; a person who carries or conveys burdens for hire.
4. A malt liquor which differs from ale and pale beer, in being made with high dried malt.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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