Strong's Definition
fem. of 4929; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party
KJV Usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת (mish.me.ret) — charge. 1) guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch 1a) guard, watch, house of detention or confinement 1b) keeping, preserving 1c) charge, injunction 1d) office, function (ceremonial)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁמר
Safe
to keep, to guard = causative action by which humans or deities make sure that an object is safe from harm; ◄ by observing the object and the surrounding area carefully and intervening when necessary
EXO 12:6 · EXO 16:23 · EXO 16:32 · EXO 16:33 · EXO 16:34 · NUM 17:25 · NUM 19:9
Control | Buildings
Collocation: בֵּית מִשְׁמֶרֶת
a guarded house literally: house of guard; hence: = a building where people are kept under guard, ► the place where David kept the concubines who had slept with his son Absalom
Serve | Laws
Collocation: חֹק · מִצְוָה · מִשְׁפָּט · עֲבֹודָה
duties, responsibilities, charge = a set of specific tasks and responsibilities
GEN 26:5 · LEV 8:35 · LEV 18:30 · LEV 22:9 · NUM 1:53 · NUM 3:7 · NUM 3:7 · NUM 3:8 · NUM 3:25 · NUM 3:28 · NUM 3:31 · NUM 3:32 · NUM 3:36 · NUM 3:38 · NUM 3:38 · NUM 4:27 · NUM 4:28 · NUM 4:31 · NUM 4:32 · NUM 8:26 · NUM 8:26 · NUM 9:19 · NUM 9:23 · NUM 18:3 · NUM 18:3 · NUM 18:4 · NUM 18:5 · NUM 18:5 · NUM 18:8 · NUM 31:30 · NUM 31:47 · DEU 11:1 · JOS 22:3 · 1SA 22:23 · 1KI 2:3 · 2KI 11:5 · 2KI 11:6 · 2KI 11:7 · 1CH 9:23 · 1CH 9:27 · 1CH 12:30 · 1CH 23:32 · 1CH 23:32 · 1CH 23:32 · 1CH 25:8 · 1CH 26:12 · 2CH 8:14 · 2CH 13:11 · 2CH 23:6 · 2CH 31:16 · 2CH 31:17 · 2CH 35:2 · NEH 12:45 · NEH 12:45 · NEH 13:30 · EZK 40:45 · EZK 40:46 · EZK 44:8 · EZK 44:8 · EZK 44:14 · EZK 44:15 · EZK 44:16 · EZK 48:11 · ZEC 3:7 · MAL 3:14
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת 78 n.f. guard, watch, also charge, function base