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)
- place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance
- jail, prison, guard-house
- guard, guard post, act of guarding
- 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)
- Genesis 40:3 — And he put them in ward (בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר) in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Genesis 40:4 — And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward (בְּמִשְׁמָֽר).
- Genesis 40:7 — And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward (בְמִשְׁמַ֛ר) of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
- Genesis 41:10 — Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward (בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר) in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
- Genesis 42:17 — And he put them all together into ward (מִשְׁמָ֖ר) three days.
- Genesis 42:19 — If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison (מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם): go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
- Leviticus 24:12 — And they put him in ward (בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר), that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
- Numbers 15:34 — And they put him in ward (בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר), because it was not declared what should be done to him.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16 — To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward (מִשְׁמָ֖ר) against ward.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16 — To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward (מִשְׁמָֽר).
- Nehemiah 4:9 — Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch (מִשְׁמָ֧ר) against them day and night, because of them.
- Nehemiah 4:22 — Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard (מִשְׁמָ֖ר) to us, and labour on the day.
- Nehemiah 4:23 — So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard (הַמִּשְׁמָר֙) which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
- Nehemiah 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 of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch (בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ), and every one to be over against his house.
- Nehemiah 12:24 — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward (מִשְׁמָ֖ר) over against ward.
- Nehemiah 12:24 — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward (מִשְׁמָֽר).
- Nehemiah 12:25 — Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward (מִשְׁמָ֔ר) at the thresholds of the gates.
- Nehemiah 13:14 — Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices (וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו) thereof.
- Job 7:12 — Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch (מִשְׁמָֽר) over me?
- Proverbs 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence (מִ֭שְׁמָר); for out of it are the issues of life.
- Jeremiah 51:12 — Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch (הַמִּשְׁמָ֔ר) strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 38:7 — Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard (לְמִשְׁמָֽר) unto them.
Strong's Lexicon — M