ʼashmurâh — H821

Definition

feminine noun

a night watch

1. watch (a period of time), night-watch

Usually translated as

watch

Origin

or ʼashmûwrâh; or ʼashmôreth; (feminine) from H8104

• Derived from Shâmar (H8104)

Greek equivalents

• órthros (G3722)
• phylakḗ (G5438)

Occurrences

ʼashmurâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (3), Lamentations (1)

• Exodus 14:24 — And it came to pass, that in the morning watch (בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת) the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
• Judges 7:19 — So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch (הָאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת); and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
• 1 Samuel 11:11 — And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch (בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת), and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
• Psalms 63:6 — When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches (בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת).
• Psalms 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch (וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה) in the night.
• Psalms 119:148 — Mine eyes prevent the night watches (אַשְׁמֻר֑וֹת), that I might meditate in thy word.
• Lamentations 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches (אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת) pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.