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. Job 7:12 מִשְׁמָֽר׃ mish.Mar · A person, place or thing

    Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

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