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Lexicon :: Strong's H4931 - mišmereṯ

Aa
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Transliteration
mišmereṯ
Pronunciation
mish-mer'-reth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2414g

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, mish-mer'-reth; feminine of H4929; 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:—charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H4931 in the following manner: charge (50x), ward (9x), watch (7x), keep (7x), ordinance (3x), offices (1x), safeguard (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H4931 in the following manner: charge (50x), ward (9x), watch (7x), keep (7x), ordinance (3x), offices (1x), safeguard (1x).

  1. guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch

    1. guard, watch, house of detention or confinement

    2. keeping, preserving

    3. charge, injunction

    4. office, function (ceremonial)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth, mish-mer'-reth; feminine of H4929; 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:—charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
STRONGS H4931: Abbreviations
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתּ 78 noun feminine guard, watch, also charge, function; — מ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 20:3 +, construct 2 Kings 11:5 +; absolute מִשְׁמָ֑רֶת Exodus 16:34; suffix מִשְׁמַרְתִּי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָרוֺת 1 Chronicles 9:23 +; construct מִשְׁמְרוֺת Nehemiah 7:3; suffix רוֺתָם - 2 Chronicles 7:6 +, תֵיהֶם - 2 Chronicles 31:17; —
†1. guard, watch: בֵּית מ׳ 2 Samuel 20:3 = house of detention, confinement; אַתָּה עִמָּדִי מ׳ 1 Samuel 22:23 i.e. protected, secure; with שָׁמַר keep the watch 2 Kings 11:5, 6, 7; 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:29); = post of watch (figurative) Isaiah 21:3 (|| מִעְפֶּה), Habakkuk 2:1 (|| מָצוֺר); plural = guards Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 9:23.
†2. keeping, preserving, וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמ׳ Exodus 12:6 i.e. ye shall keep it; הִנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמ׳ Exodus 16:23; compare Exodus 16:32; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:34; Numbers 19:9 (all P).
†3. charge, injunction of י׳, with שָׁמַר, in general Deuteronomy 11:1 (+ חֻקוֺת, מִשְׁפָּטִים, מִצְוֺת), compare Genesis 26:5; 1 Kings 2:3, and (מִצְוַת י׳ מ׳) Joshua 22:3 (all RD), Malachi 3:14; of specific injunctions Leviticus 18:30; Numbers 9:19, 23.
4. a. ceremonial office or function (AV RV usually charge) of priest or Levite (P [especially Numbers], Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 44; Ezekiel 48; Chronicles, Zechariah), mostly with שָׁמַר : מִשְׁכַּן הָלֵדוּת מ׳ Numbers 1:53, מִשְׁכַּן י׳ מ׳ Numbers 31:30, 47, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ מ׳ Ezekiel 44:15; Numbers 3:38, אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד מ׳ Numbers 18:4 compare Numbers 18:3, 1 Chronicles 23:32, הַקֹּדֶשׁ מ׳ Numbers 3:28, 32; Numbers 18:5; 1 Chronicles 23:32, קָדָשַׁי מ׳ (of Israel in general) Ezekiel 44:8, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מ׳ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י Numbers 18:8, הַבַּיִת מ׳ Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 44:14, הַטָּהֳרָה מ׳ Nehemiah 12:45; with genitive (suffix) מ׳ שׁ׳ = perform the service imposed by, due to, Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 22:9; Ezekiel 44:8, 16; Ezekiel 48:11; Zechariah 3:7, אֱםהֵיהֶם מ׳ Nehemiah 12:45 (of Judah in general); הָעֵדָה מ׳ Numbers 3:7 a, בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ מ׳ Numbers 3:8, 38, בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֺן מ׳ Numbers 3:25; compare Numbers 3:7a.,Numbers 3:31, 36; Numbers 4:27, 28, 31, 32; Numbers 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; also, in secular sense, בֵּית שָׁאוּל מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:30; מַשָּׂאָם מ׳ Numbers 4:31, מַשָּׂאָם כְּלֵי מ׳ Numbers 4:32 (Numbers 4:27 read with Greek Version of the LXX Di Gr Gray, etc. בְּשֵׁמוֺת for במ׳, and perhaps מִשְׁמֶרֶת after אֵת, compare Numbers 4:32); עֲלֵיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:27 i.e. the duty rested upon them; — 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:12 see I. עֻמָה c, d; עֹמְדִים עַלמֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 7:6 were standing according to (or in) their offices, הֱעֶמִיד עַל מ׳ appoint to their offices 2 Chronicles 8:14; 35:2.
b. plural of Levitical divisions for service Nehemiah 12:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5

Exodus

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

Leviticus

8:35; 18:30; 22:9

Numbers

1:53; 3:7; 3:7; 3:8; 3:25; 3:28; 3:31; 3:32; 3:36; 3:38; 3:38; 4:27; 4:27; 4:28; 4:31; 4:31; 4:32; 4:32; 4:32; 9:19; 9:23; 18:3; 18:3; 18:4; 18:5; 18:5; 18:8; 19:9; 31:30; 31:47

Deuteronomy

11:1

Joshua

22:3

1 Samuel

22:23

2 Samuel

20:3; 20:3

1 Kings

2:3

2 Kings

11:5; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7

1 Chronicles

9:23; 9:23; 9:27; 12:29; 12:30; 12:30; 23:32; 23:32; 23:32; 25:8; 26:12

2 Chronicles

7:6; 7:6; 8:14; 31:17; 35:2

Nehemiah

7:3; 7:3; 12:9; 12:45; 12:45

Isaiah

21:3

Ezekiel

40; 40:45; 40:46; 44; 44:8; 44:8; 44:14; 44:15; 44:16; 48; 48:11

Habakkuk

2:1

Zechariah

3:7

Malachi

3:14

H4931

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Strong's Number H4931 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mišmereṯ),
which occurs 78 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ch 23:6–Mal 3:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - But H408➔ let H935➔ none ➔H408 come ➔H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 save H3588 H518 the priests, H3548 and they that minister H8334 of the Levites; H3881 they H1992 shall go in, H935 for H3588 they H1992 are holy: H6944 but all H3605 the people H5971 shall keep H8104 the watch H4931 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - Beside H905 their genealogy H3187 of males, H2145 from H1121➔ three H7969 years H8141 old ➔H1121 and upward, H4605 even unto every one H3605 that entereth H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 his daily H3117 H3117 portion H1697 for their service H5656 in their charges H4931 according to their courses; H4256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - Both H853 to the genealogy H3187 of the priests H3548 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 and the Levites H3881 from H1121➔ twenty H6242 years H8141 old ➔H1121 and upward, H4605 in their charges H4931 by their courses; H4256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:2 - And he set H5975 the priests H3548 in H5921 their charges, H4931 and encouraged them H2388 to the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - And I said H559 unto them, Let H6605➔ not H3808 the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 be opened ➔H6605 until H5704 the sun H8121 be hot; H2527 and while H5704 they H1992 stand by, H5975 let them shut H1479 the doors, H1817 and bar H270 them: and appoint H5975 watches H4931 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 every one H376 in his watch, H4929 and every one H376 to be over against H5048 his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah H1229 and Unni, H6042 their brethren, H251 were over against them H5048 in the watches. H4931

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And H8104➔ both the singers H7891 and the porters H7778 kept ➔H8104 the ward H4931 of their God, H430 and the ward H4931 of the purification, H2893 according to the commandment H4687 of David, H1732 and of Solomon H8010 his son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus cleansed I them H2891 from all H3605 strangers, H5236 and appointed H5975 the wards H4931 of the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 every one H376 in his business; H4399

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - And he cried, H7121 A lion: H738 My lord, H136 I H595 stand H5975 continually H8548 upon H5921 the watchtower H4707 in the daytime, H3119 and H5921➔ I H595 am set H5324 in ➔H5921 my ward H4931 whole H3605 nights: H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And he said H1696 unto me, H413 This H2090 chamber, H3957 whose H834 prospect H6440 is toward H1870 the south, H1864 is for the priests, H3548 the keepers H8104 of the charge H4931 of the house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - And the chamber H3957 whose H834 prospect H6440 is toward H1870 the north H6828 is for the priests, H3548 the keepers H8104 of the charge H4931 of the altar: H4196 these H1992 are the sons H1121 of Zadok H6659 among the sons H1121 of Levi, H3878 which come near H7131 to H413 the LORD H3068 to minister unto him. H8334

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - And H3808➔ ye have H8104➔ not ➔H3808 kept ➔H8104 the charge H4931 of mine holy things: H6944 but ye have set H7760 keepers H8104 of my charge H4931 in my sanctuary H4720 for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14 - But I will make H5414 them H853 keepers H8104 of the charge H4931 of the house, H1004 for all H3605 the service thereof, H5656 and for all H3605 that H834 shall be done H6213 therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - But the priests H3548 the Levites, H3881 the sons H1121 of Zadok, H6659 that H834 kept H8104 the charge H4931 of my sanctuary H4720 when H8582➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went astray ➔H8582 from me, H5921 they H1992 shall come near H7126 to me H413 to minister unto me, H8334 and they shall stand H5975 before me H6440 to offer H7126 unto me H589 the fat H2459 and the blood, H1818 saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD: H3069

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - They H1992 shall enter H935 into H413 my sanctuary, H4720 and they H1992 shall come near H7126 to H413 my table, H7979 to minister unto me, H8334 and they shall keep H8104 my charge. H4931

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - It shall be for the priests H3548 that are sanctified H6942 of the sons H1121 of Zadok; H6659 which H834 have kept H8104 my charge, H4931 which H834 went H8582➔ not H3808 astray ➔H8582 when H8582➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went astray, ➔H8582 as H834 the Levites H3881 went astray. H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand H5975 upon H5921 my watch, H4931 and set me H3320 upon H5921 the tower, H4692 and will watch H6822 to see H7200 what H4100 he will say H1696 unto me, and what H4100 I shall answer H7725 when H5921 I am reproved. H8433

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts; H6635 If H518 thou wilt walk H3212 in my ways, H1870 and if H518 thou wilt keep H8104 my charge, H4931 then H1571➔ thou H859 shalt H1777➔ also ➔H1571 judge ➔H1777 my house, H1004 and H1571➔ shalt H8104➔ also ➔H1571 keep ➔H8104 my courts, H2691 and I will give H5414 thee places to walk H4108 among H996 these H428 that stand by. H5975

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - Ye have said, H559 It H7723➔ is vain ➔H7723 to serve H5647 God: H430 and what H4100 profit H1215 is it that H3588 we have kept H8104 his ordinance, H4931 and that H3588 we have walked H1980 mournfully H6941 before H6440 the LORD H3068 of hosts? H6635

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