Strong H77632 sensesשֹׁמֵר

Shomer

Transliteration
shômêr shômêr
Pronunciation
{sho-mare'} sho-mare'

Meaning of the name

Shomer = "keeper"

The 2 senses of Strong H7763

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7763 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Moabite mother of an assassin of King Joash.H7763G1 verse · 2 Kings
  2. Asherite descendant, son of Heber.H7763H1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

Active participle of H8104; keeper;
{Shomer} the name of two Israelites: - Shomer.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shomer2

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:32
    And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.