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Lexicon :: Strong's H4929 - mišmār

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מִשְׁמָר
Transliteration
mišmār
Pronunciation
mish-mawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2414f

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁמָר mishmâr, mish-mawr'; from H8104; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely):—diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4929 in the following manner: ward (12x), watch (4x), guard (3x), diligence (1x), offices (1x), prison (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4929 in the following manner: ward (12x), watch (4x), guard (3x), diligence (1x), offices (1x), prison (1x).

  1. place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance

    1. jail, prison, guard-house

    2. guard, guard post, act of guarding

    3. observances

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁמָר mishmâr, mish-mawr'; from H8104; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely):—diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
STRONGS H4929: Abbreviations
† מִשְׁמָר noun [masculine] place of confinement, goal, prison; late, guard, watch, observance; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 42:17 +; construct מִשְׁמַר Genesis 40:3 +; suffix מִשְׁמָרוֺ Nehemiah 7:3, etc.; plural suffix רָיו - Nehemiah 13:14; —
1. goal, prison, בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים מ׳ Genesis 40:3, compare Genesis 40:4 (absolute), Genesis 40:7; Genesis 41:10; Genesis 42:17 (absolute), + Genesis 42:30 (Greek Version of the LXX), בֵּית מִשְׁמַרְכֶם Genesis 42:19 (all E); guard-house in camp Leviticus 24:12 (H), Numbers 15:34 (P).
2. guard, Jeremiah 51:12; Nehemiah 4:3; Nehemiah 4:16, אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ Nehemiah 4:17; guard-post Nehemiah 7:3; figurative of י׳ setting a guard, כִּי תָשִׂים עָלַימ׳ Job 7:12; band of (Levitical) guards or functionaries 1 Chronicles 26:16; Nehemiah 12:24 (compare מִשְׁמֶרֶת); act of guarding, מִכָּלמֿ׳ Proverbs 4:23 above all guarding watch thy heart. — לְמ׳ Ezekiel 38:7 is doubtful, Hi Co Toy and others reserve; Krae לְמשֵׁל.
3. plural observances, services, of temple Nehemiah 13:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

40:3; 40:3; 40:4; 40:7; 41:10; 42:17; 42:17; 42:19; 42:30

Leviticus

24:12

Numbers

15:34

1 Chronicles

26:16

Nehemiah

4:3; 4:16; 4:17; 7:3; 7:3; 12:24; 13:14; 13:14

Job

7:12

Proverbs

4:23

Jeremiah

51:12

Ezekiel

38:7

H4929

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4929 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁמָר (mišmār),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he served them; and they continued to be in custody for some time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in confinement with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so down-hearted today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “[Two years ago] Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your [place here in] prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine in your households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - They put him in custody until the will and command of the LORD might be made clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:34 - and they put him in custody, because it had not been explained [by God] what should be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:16 - To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot fell] for the west [gates], by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway, division by division.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:9 - But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem so that they may serve as a guard for us at night and a laborer during the day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, my brothers (relatives), my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each took his weapon [even] to the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the [fn]sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still standing guard, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the residents of Jerusalem, each at his post [on the wall], and each in front of his own house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, as commanded by David the man of God, [one] division [singing] in response to [the men in the opposite] division.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 - Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - O my God, remember me concerning this and do not wipe out my loyal deeds and kindnesses which I have done for the house of my God and for its services.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 -

“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,

That You set a guard over me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 -

Watch over your heart with all diligence,

For from it flow the springs of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 -

Set up a signal on the walls of Babylon [to spread the news];

Post a strong blockade,

Station the guards,

Prepare the men for ambush!

For the LORD has both purposed and done

That which He spoke against the people of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:7 -

“You [Gog] be prepared; prepare yourself, you and all your hordes that are assembled around you, and be a guard and a lookout for them.

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