שָׁמַר

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)

Every occurrence

1. Ezekiel 11:20 יִשְׁמְר֖וּ yish.me.Ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

2. Ezekiel 17:14 לִשְׁמֹ֥ר lish.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

3. Ezekiel 18:9 שָׁמַ֖ר sha.Mar · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

4. Ezekiel 18:19 שָׁמַ֛ר sha.Mar · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

5. Ezekiel 18:21 וְשָׁמַר֙ ve.sha.Mar · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

   But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

6. Ezekiel 20:18 תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ tish.Mo.ru · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

   And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

7. Ezekiel 20:19 שִׁמְר֖וּ shim.Ru · A command to all of you: simple action

   I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

8. Ezekiel 20:21 שָׁמְר֜וּ sha.me.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

9. Ezekiel 36:27 תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ tish.me.Ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

   And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.

10. Ezekiel 37:24 יִשְׁמְר֖וּ yish.me.Ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

11. Ezekiel 40:45 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י sho.me.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;

12. Ezekiel 40:46 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י sho.me.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Jehovah to minister unto him.

13. Ezekiel 43:11 וְיִשְׁמְר֞וּ ve.yish.me.Ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

14. Ezekiel 44:8 שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם she.mar.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

15. Ezekiel 44:8 לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧י le.sho.me.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

16. Ezekiel 44:14 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י sho.me.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

17. Ezekiel 44:15 שָׁמְר֜וּ sha.me.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    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 me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah:

18. Ezekiel 44:16 וְשָׁמְר֖וּ ve.sha.me.Ru · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

19. Ezekiel 44:24 יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּ yish.Mo.ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

20. Ezekiel 48:11 שָׁמְר֖וּ sha.me.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, that have kept my charge, that went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

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