H7778 — שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)

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Strong's H7778 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr)

Pronunciation: sho-are'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: or שֹׁעֵר (shôʻêr) active participle of שָׁעַר (shâʻar) [H8176] (as denominative from שַׁעַר (shaʻar) [H8179]);

Definition: a janitor

KJV Renderings: doorkeeper, porter.

Senses

  1. gatekeeper, porter

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G2377 θυρωρός thyrōrós from G2374 and οὖρος (oûros) (a watcher) a gate- warden that kept the door, porter
H8176 שָׁעַר shâʻar a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from שַׁעַר (shaʻar) H8179); compare see שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr) H7778 to act as gatekeeper; (figuratively) to estimate think
H8179 שַׁעַר shaʻar from שָׁעַר (shâʻar) H8176 in its original sense an opening, i.e. door or gate city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er)

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.