Word meanings
Senses and individuals
- to keep: obey H8104G 202
- to keep: guard H8104H · a Meaning of 161
- to keep: careful H8104J · a Meaning of 77
- to keep: look at H8104I · a Meaning of 29
Strong's dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Every occurrence
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Amos 1:11 שְׁמָ֥רָה she.Ma.rah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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Amos 2:4 שָׁמָ֔רוּ sha.Ma.ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.