שָׁמַר

sha.mar · to keep: obey

Hebrew · Strong's H8104 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-mar' · 469 occurrences

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)
שָׁמַר 465 vb. keep, watch, preserve
Qal 425
1.
a. keep, have charge of
b. keep, guard, captives
c. hence, watch for, wait for
d. watch, observe
2.
a. keep, retain, of storing up (food)
b. keep within bounds, restrain
3.
a. observe, celebrate
b. keep sabbath
c. of other obligations
d. observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)
4. sts. י׳ subj.
5. keep, reserve, weeks of harvest
Niph. 36
1. be on one's guard
2. keep oneself, refrain, abstain
3. be kept, guarded
Pi. those paying regard to false vanities
Hithp. I kept myself from

Every occurrence

  1. Deuteronomy 2:4 וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם ve.nish.mar.Tem · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;

  2. Deuteronomy 4:2 לִשְׁמֹ֗ר lish.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

  3. Deuteronomy 4:6 וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ u.she.mar.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

  4. Deuteronomy 4:9 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר hi.Sha.mer · A command to you: receiving the action

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

  5. Deuteronomy 4:9 וּשְׁמֹ֨ר u.she.Mor · A command to you: simple action

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

  6. Deuteronomy 4:15 וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם ve.nish.mar.Tem · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

  7. Deuteronomy 4:23 הִשָּׁמְר֣וּ hi.sha.me.Ru · A command to all of you: receiving the action

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

  8. Deuteronomy 4:40 וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞ ve.sha.mar.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

  9. Deuteronomy 5:1 וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם u.she.mar.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.

  10. Deuteronomy 5:10 וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י u.le.sho.me.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

  11. Deuteronomy 5:12 שָׁמ֣֛וֹר sha.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.

  12. Deuteronomy 5:29 וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר ve.lish.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

  13. Deuteronomy 5:32 וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם u.she.mar.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

  14. Deuteronomy 6:2 לִ֠שְׁמֹר Lish.mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

  15. Deuteronomy 6:3 וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ ve.sha.mar.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

  16. Deuteronomy 6:12 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר hi.Sha.mer · A command to you: receiving the action

    then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  17. Deuteronomy 6:17 שָׁמ֣וֹר sha.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

  18. Deuteronomy 6:17 תִּשְׁמְר֔וּן tish.me.Run · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

  19. Deuteronomy 6:25 נִשְׁמֹ֨ר nish.Mor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

  20. Deuteronomy 7:8 וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּ u.mi.sha.me.Ro · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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