H821 - אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh)

H821 אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh) ash-moo-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

watch

Strong's Definition

a night watch

Derivation: or אַשׁמוּרָה; or אַשׁמֹרֶת; (feminine) from H8104 (שָׁמַר);

KJV Usage: watch.

TWOT Reference: 2414e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) watch (a period of time), night-watch

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3722 G5438

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

watch (a period of time), night-watch

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַשְׁמֹרֶת / אַשְׁמוּרָה / אַשְׁמֻרָה ashmûrâh / ashmôreth BDB Definition: 1) watch (a period of time), night-watch Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8104 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2414e Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

14:24

7:19

11:11

63:6 90:4 119:148

2:19

Exodus 14:24

At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion....

Judges 7:19

Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing... of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that [were] in their hands.

1 Samuel 11:11

The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded... the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.