Shomer — the meaning of the Hebrew name שׁוֹמֵר

שׁוֹמֵר

Shôwmêr · pronounced sho-mare' · Strong's H7763 · a man

Shomer means keeper.

Built from

שָׁמַר shâmar (active participle of, H8104) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard open in the lexicon ›

or שֹׁמֵר; active participle of H8104; keeper; Shomer, the name of two Israelites.

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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