מִשְׁמָר
mishmâr · H4929 · Hebrew · 22 occurrences
Thing
- Prison, dungeonPrison and penal activity108 verses
Meanings
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custody
State in which people are constantly watched and cannot move about freely
ExamplesGenesis 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the prison, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
Genesis 40:4 And the captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.
Genesis 40:7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so sad today?”
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watch, guard
A team of people responsible for guarding a certain place
Examples1 Chronicles 26:16 For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
Nehemiah 4:9 But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:22 At that time I also said to the people, “Each man with his servant shall spend the night within Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day.”
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duties, responsibilities, charge
A set of specific tasks and responsibilities
ExamplesNehemiah 13:14 Remember me for this, my God, and do not wipe out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 3
- הוּhis 2
- כֶםyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1
- עָמַדto stand 1
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֻמָּהbeside 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 13
- אֵלto, toward 2
- מִןfrom 2
- לto/for 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- עֻמָּהbeside 2
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- φυλακή phylakḗ · G5438 · jail, prison, guard post
- Greek φυλακή (phulakē) renders Hebrew מִשְׁמָר (mishmar) across its core semantic range of 'guard duty,' 'watch,' 'custody,' and 'prison,' serving as the standard LXX equivalent for this Hebrew term's institutional and custodial senses.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Control002003002007
- The word denotes custody or confinement, a controlled and restrained state, as Joseph and Pharaoh's officials held in confinement.
- Safe002003003019
- The word's sense of "guard, ward, watch" involves keeping something or someone under protective safekeeping.
- Serve002003002023
- The word can denote an office or duty, a position of service, matching one of its broader glosses.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4929. mishmar מִשְׁמָר noun [masculine] place of confinement, goal, prison; late, guard,…
מִשְׁמָר noun [masculine] place of confinement, goal, prison; late, guard, watch, observance; — absolute ׳מ Gen 42:17 +; construct מִשְׁמַר Gen 40:3 +; suffix מִשְׁמָרוֺ Neh 7:3, etc.; plural suffix רָיו- Neh 13:14; —
1 goal, prison, ׳מ הַטַּבָּחִים שַׂר בֵּית Gen 40:3, compare Gen 40:4 (absolute), Gen 40:7; Gen 41:10; Gen 42:17 (absolute), + Gen 42:30 (ᵐ5), מִשְׁמַרְכֶם בֵּית Gen 42:19 (all E); guard-house in camp Lev 24:12 (H), Num 15:34 (P).
2 guard, Jer 51:12; Neh 4:3; Neh 4:16, הַמּ ׳אַנְשֵׁי Neh 4:17; guard&-post Neh 7:3; figurative of ׳י setting a guard, עָלַימ תָשִׂים ׳כִּי Job 7:12; band of (Levitical) guards or functionaries 1Ch 26:16; Neh 12:24 (compare מִשְׁמֶרֶת); act of guarding, ׳מִכָּלמֿ Pro 4:23 above all guarding watch thy heart. — ׳לְמ Eze 38:7 is doubtful, Hi Co Toy and others reserve; Krae לְמשֵׁל.
3 plural observances, services, of temple Neh 13:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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