H4929 - מִשְׁמָר (mishmâr)

H4929 מִשְׁמָר (mishmâr) mish-mawr'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 8104; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (fig.); also (as observed) a usage (abstr.), or an example (concr.)

KJV Usage: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁמָר (mish.mar) — custody. 1) place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance 1a) jail, prison, guard-house 1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding 1c) observances

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִשְׁמָר (H4929)

noun m · שׁמר

Control

custody = state in which people are constantly watched and cannot move about freely

GEN 40:3 · GEN 40:4 · GEN 40:7 · GEN 41:10 · GEN 42:17 · GEN 42:19 · LEV 24:12 · NUM 15:34

Safe

watch, guard = a team of people responsible for guarding a certain place

1CH 26:16 · 1CH 26:16 · NEH 4:3 · NEH 4:16 · NEH 4:17 · NEH 7:3 · NEH 12:24 · NEH 12:24 · NEH 12:25 · JOB 7:12 · PRO 4:23 · JER 51:12 · EZK 38:7

Serve

duties, responsibilities, charge = a set of specific tasks and responsibilities

NEH 13:14

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁמָר n.[m.] place of confinement, gaol, prison; late, guard, watch, observance base