Hebrew word study

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmereth — watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry…

Pronounced “mish-mer'-reth”

watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party

Translated in the King James as: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

Appears 74 times in Scripture

Origin: feminine of H4929 (מִשְׁמָר);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Genesis 26:5

Exodus — 5×

Exodus 12:6 Exodus 16:23 Exodus 16:32 Exodus 16:33 Exodus 16:34

Leviticus — 3×

Leviticus 8:35 Leviticus 18:30 Leviticus 22:9

Numbers — 27×

Numbers 1:53 Numbers 3:7 Numbers 3:8 Numbers 3:25 Numbers 3:28 Numbers 3:31 Numbers 3:32 Numbers 3:36 Numbers 3:38 Numbers 4:27 Numbers 4:28 Numbers 4:31 Numbers 4:32 Numbers 8:26 Numbers 9:19 Numbers 9:23 Numbers 17:10 Numbers 18:3 Numbers 18:4 Numbers 18:5 Numbers 18:8 Numbers 19:9 Numbers 31:30 Numbers 31:47+ 3 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 1×

Joshua — 1×

1 Samuel — 1×

2 Samuel — 1×

1 Kings — 1×

2 Kings — 1×

1 Chronicles — 8×

1 Chr 9:23 1 Chr 9:27 1 Chr 12:29 1 Chr 23:32 1 Chr 25:8 1 Chr 26:12+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 7×

2 Chr 7:6 2 Chr 8:14 2 Chr 13:11 2 Chr 23:6 2 Chr 31:16 2 Chr 31:17 2 Chr 35:2

Nehemiah — 5×

Nehemiah 7:3 Nehemiah 12:9 Nehemiah 12:45 Nehemiah 13:30+ 1 more in Nehemiah

Isaiah — 1×

Isaiah 21:8

Ezekiel — 8×

Ezekiel 40:45 Ezekiel 40:46 Ezekiel 44:8 Ezekiel 44:14 Ezekiel 44:15 Ezekiel 44:16 Ezekiel 48:11+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Habakkuk — 1×

Habakkuk 2:1

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 3:7

Malachi — 1×

Malachi 3:14

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