Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7778
שׁוֹעֵר
shoersho-are'
gatekeeper
37 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shôwʻêr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7778is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7778
a janitor
The King James renders it: doorkeeper, porter.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shoer is rendered "gatekeeper". It stands 37 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 18:26the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.
The first use
the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
2 Samuel 18:26הַשֹּׁעֵ֔ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's thirty-seven uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the gatekeepers13
- and the gatekeepers11
- gatekeepers4
- the gatekeeper2
- to gatekeepers2
- a gatekeeper of1
- and gatekeepers1
- gatekeeper of1
- into gatekeepers of1
- of gatekeepers1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 37, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
31 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים3
- הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים2
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖ים2
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים2
- שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים2
- הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣ר1
- הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים1
- הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים1
- הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֨ים1
- הַשֹּׁעֵ֔ר1
- הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים1
- הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים1
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural13HTd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural11HC/Td/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural3HR/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
2 Samuel
one use
the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
- הַשֹּׁעֵ֔רhashoerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the gatekeeper
2 Kings
two uses
So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
- שֹׁעֵ֣רshoernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: gatekeeper of
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
- הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
1 Chronicles
fourteen uses
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים֙vehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
- הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- שֹׁעֵ֥רshoernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a gatekeeper of
The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
- לְשֹׁעֲרִ֣יםleshoarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to gatekeepers
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
- הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
- הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
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.
- הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃hashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
- שֹׁעֲרִ֖יםshoarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: gatekeepers
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- שֹׁעֲרִ֖יםshoarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: gatekeepers
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
- לְשֹׁעֲרִֽים׃leshoarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to gatekeepers
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- שֹׁעֲרִ֑יםshoarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: gatekeepers
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
- לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑יםleshoarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of gatekeepers
These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.
- הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
- הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
2 Chronicles
six uses
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
- וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
- לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖יleshoareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into gatekeepers of
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
- הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.
- הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣רhashoerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the gatekeeper
were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
- וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃veshoarimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and gatekeepers
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.
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
Ezra
four uses
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.
- הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
- וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֛יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֛יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
- הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
Nehemiah
ten uses
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
- הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
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, 138 in all.
- הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
- וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים֩vehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
- הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֨יםhashoarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the gatekeepers
For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
- וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֖יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
- וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙vehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
- שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙shoarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: gatekeepers
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
- וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑יםvehashoarimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the gatekeepers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.