Mishmâr — H4929

H4929 · Hebrew — משמר

Pronunciation: mish-mawr'

Definition

masculine noun

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

  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

Usually translated as

ward, watch, guard, diligence, prison, office

Origin

from H8104

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Mishmâr occurs 22 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (7), Job (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M