שׁוֹעֵר
shôwʻêr · sho-are'
a janitor
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֹׁעֵר active participle of H8176 (שָׁעַר) (as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר));
a janitor
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: doorkeeper, porter.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוֹעֵר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the porters10 · 27%
- the porters6 · 16%
- of the porters4 · 11%
- unto the porter2 · 5%
- to be porters2 · 5%
- were doorkeepers2 · 5%
- were porters2 · 5%
- they were porters1 · 3%
- was porter1 · 3%
- were the porters1 · 3%
- porters1 · 3%
- shall be porters1 · 3%
- the porter1 · 3%
- and porters1 · 3%
- and of the porters1 · 3%
- moreover the porters1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.