# H7778 שׁוֹעֵר

שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr), Strong’s H7778: a janitor KJV: doorkeeper, porter.. Occurs 37 times.

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*shôwʻêr* — a janitor

KJV: doorkeeper, porter.

Built from [שָׁעַר shâʻar](https://besorah.bible/word/H8176) (to act as gatekeeper) + [שַׁעַר shaʻar](https://besorah.bible/word/H8179) (an opening, i.e. door or gate)

Occurs 37 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שֹׁעֵר 37 n.m. porter

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 18:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=26) — The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running…
- [2 Kings 7:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/7?v=10) — So they came and called to the city gatekeepers; and they told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold…
- [2 Kings 7:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/7?v=11) — Then the gatekeepers called out and told it to the king’s household within.
- [Ezra 2:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=42) — The children of the gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of…
- [Ezra 2:70](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=70) — So the priests and the Levites, with some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived…
- [Ezra 7:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/7?v=7) — Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the…
- [Ezra 10:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=24) — Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
- [Nehemiah 7:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=1) — Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were…
- [Nehemiah 7:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=45) — The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the…
- [Nehemiah 7:72](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=72) — So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel…