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.
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Strong's first: Mark 13:34Strong's last: John 10:3
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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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