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שֹׁמֵר

sho.merShomer
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man2 occurrences2 books2 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Shomer: Asherite descendant, son of Heber
  • Shomer: Moabite mother of an assassin of King Joash

Definition

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

Glossary entries

Shimrith Shomer Shamer Shemer

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2 total
  1. 2 Kings 12:21שֹׁמֵ֤ר׀ · of Shomer
    His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:32שׁוֹמֵ֖ר · Shomer
    Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.