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Strong's Number H8104

שָׁמַר

shamar · shaw-mar'

Transliteration:

shamar{shaw-mar'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2414

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

Usage in the KJV:

keep 214, observe 46, heed 44, keeper 28, preserve 21, beware 9, mark 7, watchman 4, wait 7, watch 7, regard 5, save 2, misc 9

Total: 468
Occurs 469 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1. (Qal)
  1. to keep, have charge of
  2. to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
    1. watch, watchman (participle)
  3. to watch for, wait for
  4. to watch, observe
  5. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
  6. to keep (within bounds), restrain
  7. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
  8. to keep, preserve, protect
  9. to keep, reserve
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
  2. to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
  3. to be kept, be guarded
3. (Piel) to keep, pay heed
4. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from