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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.
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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 Box2Ch 23:6 - “But let no one enter the house of Yahweh except the priests and the ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy. And let all the people keep the charge H4931 of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without regard to their genealogical record, to the males from [fn]thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh for his daily obligations—for their service in their responsibilities H4931 according to their divisions;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upwards, by their responsibilities H4931 and their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:2 - And he caused the priests to stand in their responsibilities H4931 and strengthened them in the service of the house of Yahweh.

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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 H4931 from the inhabitants of Jerusalem stand, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 -

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in keeping their responsibilities H4931.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And they kept their responsibility given by their God and the responsibility H4931 of cleansing, together with the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 -

Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign and ensured that the responsibilities H4931 stood for the priests and the Levites, each in his work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 -

Then [fn]the lookout called,

“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,

And I am stationed every night at my guard H4931 post H4931.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - Then he said to me, “This is the chamber which faces toward the south, intended for the priests who keep the responsibility H4931 of the house;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who keep the responsibility H4931 of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - “And you have not kept the responsibility H4931 of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners as keepers of the responsibility H4931 given by Me for My sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14 - “Yet I will [fn]appoint them as keepers of the responsibility H4931 for the house, of all its service and of all that shall be done in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 -

“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the responsibility H4931 of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to bring near to Me the fat and the blood,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - “They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep the responsibility H4931 given by Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - “It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept the responsibility H4931 given by Me, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the Levites went astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 -

I will stand on my guard H4931 post H4931

And station myself on the fortification;

And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me

And how I may respond [fn]when I am reproved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways and if you will keep the responsibility H4931 given by Me, then you will also render justice in My house and also keep My courts, and I will grant you [fn]access to walk among these who are standing here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - “You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve God; and what gain is it that we have kept His charge H4931 and that we have walked in mourning before Yahweh of hosts?

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