מִשְׁמָר mishmar

Hebrew word for “custody” · Strong’s H4929 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

1) place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mishmar in context, with how often each is used:

• custody 8
• guard 8
• division 2
• guard post 1
• services 1
• guarding 1
• watch 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 40 (3), Nehemiah 4 (3), Genesis 42 (2), Nehemiah 12 (2), Genesis 41 (1), Leviticus 24 (1), Numbers 15 (1), 1 Chronicles 26 (1), Nehemiah 7 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1)

Forms

• משׁמר 10
• במשׁמר 6
• המשׁמר 2
• משׁמרכם 1
• במשׁמרו 1
• ובמשׁמריו 1
• למשׁמר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mishmar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• טַבָּח tabbach “guard” 3
• פָּרַשׁ parash “to declare” 2
• עֻמָּה ummah “close” 2
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 3
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 3
• אָסַר asar “to bind” 2
• אָח ach “brother” 3
• נוּחַ nuach “to rest” 2
• נֶגֶד neged “before” 2
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 3
• כּוּן kun “to establish” 2

Key verses

The verses using mishmar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 40:3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
• Genesis 42:17 — And he put them all together into ward three days.
• Genesis 42:19 — If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
• Leviticus 24:12 — And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
• Nehemiah 4:9 — Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
• Nehemiah 12:24 — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks,…
• Nehemiah 12:25 — Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
• Nehemiah 13:14 — Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
• Job 7:12 — Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
• Proverbs 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
• Jeremiah 51:12 — Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that…
• Ezekiel 38:7 — Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.