A gate-keeper (2 Samuel 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chronicles 9:21; 2 Chronicles 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chronicles 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the doors and gates of the temple. They were sometimes employed as musicians (1 Chronicles 15:18).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.

2. (n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.

3. (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.

4. (n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.