Strong H7763H7763Gשֹׁמֵר
Shomer
One of the 2 senses of Strong H7763
- Transliteration
- shômêr shômêr
- Pronunciation
- {sho-mare'} sho-mare'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Shomer = "keeper"
General definition
Active participle of H8104; keeper;
{Shomer} the name of two Israelites: - Shomer.
{Shomer} the name of two Israelites: - Shomer.
In the biblical story
Shomer
Moabite mother of an assassin of King Joash.
Shomer (or Shimrith) was a Moabite woman, the mother of Jozabad (or Zabad), who was one of the assassins of King Joash of Judah.
In the Bible
Strong H7763G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shomer1
First verses
- 2 Kings 12:21For 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.