מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret

Hebrew word for “charge” · Strong’s H4931 · used 78 times in 69 verses

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Meaning

1) guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch;

How it is translated

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

• duty 31
• charge 13
• duties 9
• service 8
• keeping 4
• watch 3
• guards 2
• post 2
• safekeeping 1
• will be for keeping 1
• something kept 1
• command 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 3 (8), Exodus 16 (4), Numbers 4 (4), Numbers 18 (4), Ezekiel 44 (4), 2 Kings 11 (3), Numbers 9 (2), Numbers 31 (2), 1 Chronicles 9 (2), 2 Chronicles 31 (2)

Forms

• משׁמרת 39
• משׁמרתי 9
• למשׁמרת 8
• ומשׁמרת 4
• משׁמרתו 3
• משׁמרות 3
• משׁמרותם 3
• ומשׁמרתם 2
• למשׁמרות 2
• במשׁמרת 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 39
• עֲבֹדָה avodah “service” 15
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 12
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 10
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 12
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 10
• שָׁרַת sharat “to minister” 8
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 12
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 10
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 9
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 9
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 8

Key verses

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

• Exodus 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Leviticus 8:35 — Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I…
• Numbers 1:53 — But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites…
• Numbers 3:25 — And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for…
• Numbers 18:8 — And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto…
• 1 Kings 2:3 — And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is…
• 2 Chronicles 7:6 — And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his…
• 2 Chronicles 8:14 — And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and…
• 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…
• Ezekiel 44:15 — But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to…
• Zechariah 3:7 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my…
• Malachi 3:14 — Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

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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.