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. Judges 1:24 הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים ha.Sho.me.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

   And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

2. Judges 2:22 הֲשֹׁמְרִ֣ים ha.sho.me.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

   that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

3. Judges 2:22 שָׁמְר֥וּ sha.me.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

4. Judges 7:19 הַשֹּֽׁמְרִ֑ים ha.sho.me.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

   So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.

5. Judges 13:4 הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי hi.Sha.me.ri · A command to you: receiving the action

   Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

6. Judges 13:13 תִּשָּׁמֵֽר׃ ti.sha.Mer · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

7. Judges 13:14 תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ tish.Mor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   She may not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.