מִשְׁמָר

mish.mar · custody

Hebrew · Strong's H4929 · Noun · Sounds like: mish-mawr' · 22 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from שָׁמַר; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely); diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מִשְׁמָר n.[m.] place of confinement, gaol, prison; late, guard, watch, observance

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 40:3 בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר be.mish.Mar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

  2. Genesis 40:4 בְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃ be.mish.Mar · A person, place or thing

    And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward.

  3. Genesis 40:7 בְמִשְׁמַ֛ר ve.mish.Mar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?

  4. Genesis 41:10 בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר be.mish.Mar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:

  5. Genesis 42:17 מִשְׁמָ֖ר mish.Mar · A person, place or thing

    And he put them all together into ward three days.

  6. Genesis 42:19 מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם mish.mar.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

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