שָׂכָרSâkâr

Sakar, the name of two Israelites

Pronunciation: saw-kar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7940

Meanings

1. father of hero of David (1 Chronicles 11:35; 2 Samuel 23:33)

2. doorkeeper (2 Samuel 26:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:35 Ahiam son of Sharar from Harar; Eliphal son of Ur;
  • 1 Chronicles 26:4 The sons of Obed-edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah (the oldest), Jehozabad (the second), Joah (the third), Sacar (the fourth), Nethanel (the fifth),

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).