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
- 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 timesAppears 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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