2 Kings 7:11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
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Nehemiah 13:5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
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שׁוֹעֵר
shôwʻêr · sho-are'
31 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
a janitor
Strong's KJV usage: doorkeeper, porter.
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Strong's first: 2 Kings 7:11Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:5
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shaʻar · shah'-ar
1 times translated as this KJV form371 total Strong's occurrences
an opening, i.e. door or gate
Strong's KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (× -er).
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 16:42Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 16:42
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târâʻ · taw-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a doorkeeper
Strong's KJV usage: porter.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:24Strong's last: Ezra 7:24
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H7778
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
H7778
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
H7778
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
H7778
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
H7778
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
H7778
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
H7778
And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
H8179
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
H7778
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
H7778
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
H7778
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
H7778
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
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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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