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Lexicon :: Strong's H4931 - mišmereṯ

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מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Transliteration
mišmereṯ
Pronunciation
mish-mer'-reth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2414g

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, mish-mer'-reth; feminine of H4929; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party:—charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H4931 in the following manner: charge (50x), ward (9x), watch (7x), keep (7x), ordinance (3x), offices (1x), safeguard (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H4931 in the following manner: charge (50x), ward (9x), watch (7x), keep (7x), ordinance (3x), offices (1x), safeguard (1x).

  1. guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch

    1. guard, watch, house of detention or confinement

    2. keeping, preserving

    3. charge, injunction

    4. office, function (ceremonial)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, mish-mer'-reth; feminine of H4929; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party:—charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
STRONGS H4931: Abbreviations
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתּ 78 noun feminine guard, watch, also charge, function; — מ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 20:3 +, construct 2 Kings 11:5 +; absolute מִשְׁמָ֑רֶת Exodus 16:34; suffix מִשְׁמַרְתִּי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָרוֺת 1 Chronicles 9:23 +; construct מִשְׁמְרוֺת Nehemiah 7:3; suffix רוֺתָם - 2 Chronicles 7:6 +, תֵיהֶם - 2 Chronicles 31:17; —
†1. guard, watch: בֵּית מ׳ 2 Samuel 20:3 = house of detention, confinement; אַתָּה עִמָּדִי מ׳ 1 Samuel 22:23 i.e. protected, secure; with שָׁמַר keep the watch 2 Kings 11:5, 6, 7; 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:29); = post of watch (figurative) Isaiah 21:3 (|| מִעְפֶּה), Habakkuk 2:1 (|| מָצוֺר); plural = guards Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 9:23.
†2. keeping, preserving, וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמ׳ Exodus 12:6 i.e. ye shall keep it; הִנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמ׳ Exodus 16:23; compare Exodus 16:32; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:34; Numbers 19:9 (all P).
†3. charge, injunction of י׳, with שָׁמַר, in general Deuteronomy 11:1 (+ חֻקוֺת, מִשְׁפָּטִים, מִצְוֺת), compare Genesis 26:5; 1 Kings 2:3, and (מִצְוַת י׳ מ׳) Joshua 22:3 (all RD), Malachi 3:14; of specific injunctions Leviticus 18:30; Numbers 9:19, 23.
4. a. ceremonial office or function (AV RV usually charge) of priest or Levite (P [especially Numbers], Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 44; Ezekiel 48; Chronicles, Zechariah), mostly with שָׁמַר : מִשְׁכַּן הָלֵדוּת מ׳ Numbers 1:53, מִשְׁכַּן י׳ מ׳ Numbers 31:30, 47, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ מ׳ Ezekiel 44:15; Numbers 3:38, אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד מ׳ Numbers 18:4 compare Numbers 18:3, 1 Chronicles 23:32, הַקֹּדֶשׁ מ׳ Numbers 3:28, 32; Numbers 18:5; 1 Chronicles 23:32, קָדָשַׁי מ׳ (of Israel in general) Ezekiel 44:8, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מ׳ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י Numbers 18:8, הַבַּיִת מ׳ Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 44:14, הַטָּהֳרָה מ׳ Nehemiah 12:45; with genitive (suffix) מ׳ שׁ׳ = perform the service imposed by, due to, Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 22:9; Ezekiel 44:8, 16; Ezekiel 48:11; Zechariah 3:7, אֱםהֵיהֶם מ׳ Nehemiah 12:45 (of Judah in general); הָעֵדָה מ׳ Numbers 3:7 a, בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ מ׳ Numbers 3:8, 38, בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֺן מ׳ Numbers 3:25; compare Numbers 3:7a.,Numbers 3:31, 36; Numbers 4:27, 28, 31, 32; Numbers 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; also, in secular sense, בֵּית שָׁאוּל מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:30; מַשָּׂאָם מ׳ Numbers 4:31, מַשָּׂאָם כְּלֵי מ׳ Numbers 4:32 (Numbers 4:27 read with Greek Version of the LXX Di Gr Gray, etc. בְּשֵׁמוֺת for במ׳, and perhaps מִשְׁמֶרֶת after אֵת, compare Numbers 4:32); עֲלֵיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:27 i.e. the duty rested upon them; — 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:12 see I. עֻמָה c, d; עֹמְדִים עַלמֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 7:6 were standing according to (or in) their offices, הֱעֶמִיד עַל מ׳ appoint to their offices 2 Chronicles 8:14; 35:2.
b. plural of Levitical divisions for service Nehemiah 12:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5

Exodus

12:6; 16:23; 16:32; 16:33; 16:34; 16:34

Leviticus

8:35; 18:30; 22:9

Numbers

1:53; 3:7; 3:7; 3:8; 3:25; 3:28; 3:31; 3:32; 3:36; 3:38; 3:38; 4:27; 4:27; 4:28; 4:31; 4:31; 4:32; 4:32; 4:32; 9:19; 9:23; 18:3; 18:3; 18:4; 18:5; 18:5; 18:8; 19:9; 31:30; 31:47

Deuteronomy

11:1

Joshua

22:3

1 Samuel

22:23

2 Samuel

20:3; 20:3

1 Kings

2:3

2 Kings

11:5; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7

1 Chronicles

9:23; 9:23; 9:27; 12:29; 12:30; 12:30; 23:32; 23:32; 23:32; 25:8; 26:12

2 Chronicles

7:6; 7:6; 8:14; 31:17; 35:2

Nehemiah

7:3; 7:3; 12:9; 12:45; 12:45

Isaiah

21:3

Ezekiel

40; 40:45; 40:46; 44; 44:8; 44:8; 44:14; 44:15; 44:16; 48; 48:11

Habakkuk

2:1

Zechariah

3:7

Malachi

3:14

H4931

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Strong's Number H4931 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mišmereṯ),
which occurs 78 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ch 23:6–Mal 3:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch H4931 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges H4931 according to their courses;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges H4931 by their courses;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:2 - And he set the priests in their charges, H4931 and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - And 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 H4931 of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. H4931

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And both the singers and the porters kept the ward H4931 of their God, and the ward H4931 of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards H4931 of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward H4931 whole nights:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge H4931 of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge H4931 of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - And ye have not kept the charge H4931 of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge H4931 in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14 - But I will make them keepers of the charge H4931 of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge H4931 of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. H4931

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, H4931 which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand upon my watch, H4931 and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, H4931 then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, H4931 and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

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