H7763: שׁוֹמֵר
Shôwmêr · pronounced sho-mare' · “Shomer”
Definition
Shomer, the name of two Israelites
KJV translates it as: Shomer.
Word origin: or שֹׁמֵר; active participle of H8104 (שָׁמַר); keeper;
Extended definition
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21;
father of: Jehozabad (H3075); also called Shimrith at 2Ch.24.26;
Also named: shim.rit (שִׁמְרִית "Shimrith" H8116)
§ Shomer = "keeper"
1) son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah
2) an Asherite, son of Heber
2a) also 'Shemer'
father of: Jehozabad (H3075); also called Shimrith at 2Ch.24.26;
Also named: shim.rit (שִׁמְרִית "Shimrith" H8116)
§ Shomer = "keeper"
1) son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah
2) an Asherite, son of Heber
2a) also 'Shemer'
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7763 is translated
- shomer ×2
Bible verses with H7763 (Shôwmêr)
Shôwmêr appears in 2 verses.
- 2 Kings 12:21
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 7:32
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.