Porter
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Porter. [E]
Bibliography InformationSmith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Porter'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary".. 1901.
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. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationSmith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Porter'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary".