Original Language Studio
1 Chronicles 9:17
“And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שׁוֹעֵרshôwʻêr · sho-are'
H7778 · Hebrew
H7778 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a janitor
- Derivation
- or שֹׁעֵר active participle of H8176 (שָׁעַר) (as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר));
- KJV renderings
- doorkeeper, porter.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- שֹּׁעֲרִים֙ — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 18:262 Kings 7:102 Kings 7:111 Chronicles 9:181 Chronicles 9:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שׁוֹעֵר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.