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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 - So he put them in confinement H4929 in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - And the captain of the bodyguard appointed Joseph as overseer over them, and he [fn]attended to them; and they were in confinement H4929 for [fn]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 with him in confinement H4929 in his master’s house, saying, “Why are your faces so sad today?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement H4929 in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - Then he put them all together in prison H4929 for three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in [fn]your prison H4929; but as for the rest of you, go, bring grain for the famine of your households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - And they put him in [fn]custody H4929 [fn]so that the command of Yahweh 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 [fn]custody H4929 because it had not been [fn]declared what should be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:16 - For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard H4929 corresponded to guard H4929.

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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 stood a guard H4929 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 young man spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard H4929 for us by night and a worker by day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, my brothers, my young men, nor the men of the guard H4929 who followed me, none of us removed 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 - Then I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun is hot; and until they are there standing guard, they must shut and bolt the doors. Also have guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem stand, each at his post H4929, and each in front of his own house.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 -

The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, by the commandment of David the man of God, watch H4929 by watch H4929.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 -

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping H4929 watch H4929 at the storerooms of the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my lovingkindnesses which I have shown for the house of my God and its responsibilities H4929.

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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 H4929 over me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 -

Guard your heart with all diligence H4929,

For from it flow the springs of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 -

Lift up a standard against the walls of Babylon;

Make strong the watch H4929;

Raise up [fn]watchmen;

Establish men in ambush!

For Yahweh has both purposed and performed

What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:7 -

“Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your assembly that are assembled about you, and be a guard H4929 for them.

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