מִשְׁמָר

mish.marNoun (Masculine)H4929

custody

From: from H8104 (שָׁמַר);

Short Definition

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance 1a) jail, prison, guard-house 1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding 1c) observances

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

17 times

Appears 17 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
6
Nehemiah
4
1 Chronicles
1
Ezk
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 26:16
  • Genesis 40:4
  • Genesis 42:17
  • Job 7:12
  • Nehemiah 12:25

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