Porter

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

This word when used in the Authorized Version does not bear its modern signification of a carrier of burdens, but denotes in every case a gate-keeper, from the Latin portarius, the man who attended to the porta or gate.

Related Words

Porter
·noun A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, ·etc.; for hire. II. Porter ·noun A m...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Porter
A gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were app...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Porter, Jane
See Porter, Anna Maria ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Porter, Anna Maria
(1780-1832), Porter, Jane (1776-1850) Novelists, were the dau. of an Irish army surgeon, and sister...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin