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);

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Where it appears

Genesis 5×
Genesis 40:4Genesis 40:7Genesis 41:10Genesis 42:17Genesis 42:19
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 24:12
Numbers 1×
Numbers 15:34
1 Chronicles 2×
1 Chr 26:16+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
Nehemiah 8×
Nehemiah 4:9Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 4:23Nehemiah 7:3Nehemiah 12:24Nehemiah 12:25Nehemiah 13:14+ 1 more in Nehemiah
Job 1×
Job 7:12
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 4:23
Jeremiah 1×
Jeremiah 51:12
Ezekiel 1×
Ezekiel 38:7

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