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. Hosea 4:10 לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ lish.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

  2. Hosea 12:6 שְׁמֹ֔ר she.Mor · A command to you: simple action

    Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

  3. Hosea 12:12 שָׁמָֽר׃ sha.Mar · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

  4. Hosea 12:13 נִשְׁמָֽר׃ nish.Mar · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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