10 occurrences

'Porters' in the Bible

Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Verse ConceptsChoirsBuilding Jerusalem's WallSingersrebuilding

The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersA Hundred And Some

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersCities In Israel

The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding --

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleSingersPeople With KnowledgeTemple Assistants

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the rooms, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the porters, and the singers. We will not forsake the house of our God.

Verse ConceptsOilNeglecting God's Things

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersGatesPortersA Hundred And Some

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersPorters

They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart [that which was] for the Levites; and the Levites set apart [that which was] for the sons of Aaron.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersChoirsPermitted To Eat OfferingsTimes Of People

had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersTithesMeat offerings

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Doorkeeper (9 instances)
Gatekeeper (6 instances)

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θυρωρός 
Thuroros 
Usage: 2

μέρος 
meros 
Usage: 36

σιτόμετρον 
Sitometron 
Usage: 0