Hebrew word study
מִשְׁמָרmishmâr — a guard (the man, the post or the prison)
Pronounced “mish-mawr'”
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
Translated in the King James as: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Appears 21 times in Scripture
Origin: from H8104 (שָׁמַר);
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Leviticus — 1×
Numbers — 1×
1 Chronicles — 2×
1 Chr 26:16+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
Nehemiah — 8×
Job — 1×
Proverbs — 1×
Jeremiah — 1×
Ezekiel — 1×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.