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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 let no H408 one enter H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 except H3588 H518 the priests H3548 and the ministering H8334 Levites; H3881 they may enter, H935 for they are holy. H6944 And let all H3605 the people H5971 keep H8104 the charge H4931 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without H4480 H905 regard to their genealogical H3187 enrollment, H3187 to the males H2145 from [fn]thirty H7969 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605—everyone H3605 who entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 for his daily H3117 obligations H1697—for their work H5656 in their duties H4931 according to their divisions; H4256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests H3548 who were enrolled H3187 genealogically H3187 according to their fathers’ H1 households, H1004 and the Levites H3881 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upwards, H4605 by their duties H4931 and their divisions. H4256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:2 - He set H5975 the priests H3548 in their offices H4931 and encouraged H2388 them in the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said H559 to them, “Do not let the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 be opened H6605 until H5704 the sun H8121 is hot, H2552 and while H5704 they are standing H5975 guard, let them shut H1479 and bolt H270 the doors. H1817 Also appoint H5975 guards H4931 from the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 each H376 at his post, H4929 and each H376 in front H5048 of his own house.” H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah H1229 and Unni, H6042 their brothers, H251 stood opposite H5048 them in their service H4931 divisions. H4931

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - For they performed H8104 the [fn]worship H4931 of their God H430 and the service H4931 of purification, H2893 together with the singers H7891 and the gatekeepers H7778 in accordance with the command H4687 of David H1732 and of his son H1121 Solomon. H8010

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus I purified H2891 them from everything H3605 foreign H5236 and appointed H5975 duties H4931 for the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 each H376 in his task, H4399

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - Then [fn]the lookout H4707 called, H7121
“O Lord, H136 I stand H5975 continually H8548 by day H3119 on the watchtower, H4707
And I am stationed H5324 every H3605 night H3915 at my guard H4931 post. H4931

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - He said H1696 to me, “This H2090 is the chamber H3957 which H834 faces H6440 toward H1870 the south, H1864 intended for the priests H3548 who keep H8104 charge H4931 of the [fn]temple; H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - but the chamber H3957 which H834 faces H6440 toward H1870 the north H6828 is for the priests H3548 who keep H8104 charge H4931 of the altar. H4196 These H1992 are the sons H1121 of Zadok, H6659 who from the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 come H7131 near H7131 to the LORD H3068 to minister H8334 to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - “And you have not kept H8104 charge H4931 of My holy H6944 things H6944 yourselves, but you have set H7760 foreigners [fn]to keep H8104 charge H4931 of My sanctuary.” H4720

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14 - “Yet I will [fn]appoint H5414 them [fn]to keep H8104 charge H4931 of the house, H1004 of all H3605 its service H5656 and of all H3605 that shall be done H6213 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “But the Levitical H3881 priests, H3548 the sons H1121 of Zadok, H6659 who H834 kept H8104 charge H4931 of My sanctuary H4720 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 from Me, shall come H7126 near H7126 to Me to minister H8334 to Me; and they shall stand H5975 before H6440 Me to offer H7126 Me the fat H2459 and the blood,” H1818 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - “They shall enter H935 My sanctuary; H4720 they shall come H7126 near H7126 to My table H7979 to minister H8334 to Me and keep H8104 My charge. H4931

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - “It shall be for the priests H3548 who are sanctified H6942 of the sons H1121 of Zadok, H6659 who H834 have kept H8104 My charge, H4931 who H834 did not go H8582 astray H8582 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 as the Levites H3881 went H8582 astray. H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand H5975 on my guard H4931 post H4931
And station H3320 myself on the rampart; H4692
And I will keep H6822 watch H6822 to see H7200 what H4100 He will speak H1696 to me,
And how H4100 I may reply H7725 [fn]when H5921 I am reproved. H8433

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 ‘If H518 you will walk H1980 in My ways H1870 and if H518 you will perform H8104 My service, H4931 then you will also H1571 govern H1777 My house H1004 and also H1571 have H8104 charge H8104 of My courts, H2691 and I will grant H5414 you [fn]free H4109 access H1980 among H996 these H428 who are standing H5975 here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - “You have said, H559 ‘It is vain H7723 to serve H5647 God; H430 and what H4100 profit H1215 is it that we have kept H8104 His charge, H4931 and that we have walked H1980 in mourning H6941 before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 of hosts? H6635

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