H4929 מִשְׁמָר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 22 KJV occurrences
מִשְׁמָר
mishmâr · mish-mawr'
Definition
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
KJV Renderings
diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Derivation / Etymology
from H8104 (שָׁמַר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 22)
- Genesis 40:3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Genesis 40:7And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
- Genesis 42:19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
- 1 Chronicles 26:16To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
- Nehemiah 4:22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
- Nehemiah 7:3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
- Proverbs 4:23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.