Shôwmêr — H7763

Definition

proper noun

Shomer, the name of two Israelites

1. Shomer = "keeper"
2. son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah
3. an Asherite, son of Heber
1. also 'Shemer'

Usually translated as

Shomer

Origin

or Shômêr; active participle of H8104; keeper

• Shâmar (H8104)

Occurrences

Shôwmêr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Kings 12:21 — For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer (שֹׁמֵ֤ר), 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 (שׁוֹמֵ֖ר), and Hotham, and Shua their sister.