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Porter

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H539

אָמַן

a.man — be faithful

1) to support, confirm, be faithful 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish 1a1a) foster-father (subst.) 1a1b) foster-mother, nurse 1a1c) pillars, supporters of the door 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm 1b1a) to be carried by a nurse 1b1b) made firm, sure, lasting 1b1c) confirmed, established, sure 1b1d) verified, confirmed 1b1e) reliable, faithful, trusty 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in 1c1a) stand firm 1c1b) trust, believe Aramaic equivalent: a.man (אֲמַן "to trust" H0540)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4918

מְשֻׁלָּם

me.shul.lam — Meshullam

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.22.3; father of: Azaliah (H0683) § Meshullam = "friend" 1) grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe 2) son of Zerubbabel 3) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal 4) a Benjamite, father of Sallu 5) a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity 6) a Benjamite 6a) perhaps the same as 3 or 4 7) a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah 8) son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem 9) son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem 10) a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 11) father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah 11a) perhaps the same as 'Shallum' 12) a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai 13) a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 14) a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua 15) a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem 16) a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah 17) a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives 18) ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah 19) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away 20) one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people 20a) maybe the same as 17

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3107

יוֹזָבָד

yo.za.vad — Jozacar

A man of the Ammonites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.22; son of: Shimeath (H8100); also called Zabad at 2Ch.24.26; Another name of yo.za.khar (יוֹזָכָר "Jozacar" H3108) § Jozabad or Josabad = "Jehovah has endowed" 1) a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David 2) one of David's mighty warriors 3) another of David's mighty warriors 4) four other priests or Levites

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H221

אוּרִי

u.ri — Uri

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.31.2; son of: Hur (H2354); brother of: Shobal (H7732H), Salma (H8007H), Hareph (H2780), Jezreel (H3157J), Ishma (H3457), Idbash (H3031), Hazzelelponi (H6753), Penuel (H6439H) and Ezer (H5829); father of: Bezalel (H1212) § Uri = "fiery" 1) a prince of Judah, a son of Hur who was used by God to prepare the tabernacle 2) an officer (or the father of an officer) of Solomon in Gilead 3) a porter or gatekeeper in time of Ezra who took a foreign woman as wife

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GREEK · G2377

θυρωρός

thurōros — gatekeeper

θυρωρός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (θύρα, + οὖρος, a guardian) [in LXX: 4Ki.7:11 (שׁוֹעֵר), Eze.44:11 (פְּקֻדָּה), 2Ki.4:6 4:1 II Est.7:1-28 * ;] a door-keeper, porter: ὁ, Mrk.13:34, Jhn.10:3; ἡ, Jhn.18:16-17† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3075

יְהוֹזָבָד

ye.ho.za.vad — Jehozabad

A man of the Moabites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21; son of: Shomer (H7763) § Jehozabad = "Jehovah has endowed" 1) son of Shomer, a Moabitish woman, who murdered Joash, king of Judah 2) a Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of Jehoshaphat 3) a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4920

מְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ

me.she.lem.yah — Meshelemiah

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.21; father of: Zechariah (H2148A), Jediael (H3043J), Zebadiah (H2069J), Jathniel (H3496), Elam (H5867H), Jehohanan (H3076I) and Eliehoenai (H0454A); also called Shelemiah at 1Ch.26.14; Also named: she.lem.yah (שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ "Shelemiah" H8018O) § Meshelemiah = "whom Jehovah repays" a Korhite Levite porter or gatekeeper of the house of God in the time of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6981

קוֹרֵא

qo.re — Kore

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.19; son of: Ebiasaph (H0043); brother of: Assir (H0617H); also called Korahite at 1Ch.26.19; 1x § Kore = "crier" 1) a Korahite Levite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David 2) a Levite, son of Imnah, in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2410

חֲטִיטָא

cha.ti.ta — Hatita

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.42 § Hatita = "exploring" head of a family of Levitical porters or gate-keepers who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1122

בֵּן

ben — Ben

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.15.18 § Ben = "son" a Levite, one of the porters appointed by David for the ark

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GREEK · G8988

πυλωρός

pulōros — a gatekeeper

a gate-keeper, warder, porter (see. πυλαωρός); (Aeschulus Tragicus); also as feminine, ἡ π. δωμάτων γυνή (Euripides):—;metaphorically, τοῖον πυλωρὸν φύλακα τροφῆς such a watchful guardian of thy life, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

A gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the doors and gates of the temple. They were sometimes employed as musicians (1 Chr. 15:18).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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