Gatekeeper Porter

שֹׁעֵר37 n.m. porter (denom. from 1. שַׁעַר);—abs. שׁוֹ׳ 2 Ch 31:14, cstr. שֹׁ׳ 2 K 7:10; 1 Ch 9:21, + f. שׁוֹעֶ֫רֶת 2 S 4:6 (for MT בֹּאוּ עַד תּ[וֹךְ]) We Dr HPS Bu Now after 𝔊 (Th פְּקִידַת דֶּלֶת); pl. שֹׁעֲרִים 2 K 7:11 + cstr. שֹׁעֲרֵי 2 Ch 23:4;—porter of city gate 2 K 7:10, 11 (2 S 18:26 read הַשַּׁעַר 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Th We Dr and most); portress of houses 2 S 4:6 (v. supr.); elsewhere (34 times Ch Ezr Ne) of gate-keepers in sanctuary 1 Ch 9:17, 18, 24 +; 4,000 in no., 23:5; שׁ׳ פֶּתַח לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד 9:21; שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסִּפִּים v 22; שׁ׳ לָאָרוֹן 15:23, 24; שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּפִּים 2 Ch 23:4; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezr 2:42.

θῠρωρ-ός, Refs 5th c.AD+ θυραϝωρός uncertain in Refs., Epic dialect θυραωρός (which see), ὁ, ἡ:— door-keeper, porter, NT+7th c.BC+:—also θυρουρός Refs 3rd c.BC+. (From θυρα-hoρϝος, compare οὖρος, ἐρύω (B): connected with ὠρέω by Refs 1st c.AD+

† [תָּרָע i.e. tarrâʿ K§ 59 d)] n.m. porter, doorkeeper, in temple: pl. emph. תָּרָעַיָּא Ezr 7:24.