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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Proverbs 2:8 יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ yish.Mor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
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Proverbs 2:11 תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר tish.Mor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
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Proverbs 2:20 תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ tish.Mor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
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Proverbs 3:26 וְשָׁמַ֖ר ve.sha.Mar · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
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Proverbs 4:4 שְׁמֹ֖ר she.Mor · A command to you: simple action
And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
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Proverbs 4:6 וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ ve.tish.me.Re.ka · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
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Proverbs 4:21 שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗ם Sham.Rem · A command to you: simple action
Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
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Proverbs 5:2 לִשְׁמֹ֥ר lish.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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Proverbs 6:22 תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר tish.Mor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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Proverbs 6:24 לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ Lish.ma.re.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
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Proverbs 7:1 שְׁמֹ֣ר she.Mor · A command to you: simple action
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
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Proverbs 7:2 שְׁמֹ֣ר she.Mor · A command to you: simple action
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Proverbs 7:5 לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ Lish.ma.re.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
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Proverbs 8:32 יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃ yish.Mo.ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
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Proverbs 8:34 לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר lish.Mor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
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Proverbs 10:17 שׁוֹמֵ֣ר sho.Mer · An -ing word: simple action
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
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Proverbs 13:3 שֹׁמֵ֣ר sho.Mer · An -ing word: simple action
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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Proverbs 13:18 וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר ve.sho.Mer · An -ing word: simple action
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
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Proverbs 14:3 תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם׃ tish.mu.Rem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Proverbs 15:5 וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר ve.sho.Mer · An -ing word: simple action
A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

