H4929

מִשְׁמָר

mishmâr · mish-mawr'

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

Lexicon

Derivation: from H8104 (שָׁמַר);

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

a guard (the man, the post or the prison)
a deposit (figuratively)
also, (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
רResh200
Picture: a human head
Concrete
head · face · person
Extended
first · top · beginning · chief · the highest

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁמָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

ward4 · 18%
him in ward2 · 9%
a watch2 · 9%
them in ward1 · 5%
in ward1 · 5%
that were with him in the ward1 · 5%
me in ward1 · 5%
into ward1 · 5%
of your prison1 · 5%
they may be a guard1 · 5%
of the guard1 · 5%
in his watch1 · 5%
the ward1 · 5%
and for the offices1 · 5%
with all diligence1 · 5%
make the watch1 · 5%
unto thee, and be thou a guard1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מִשְׁמָ֖ר4מִשְׁמָֽר׃3בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר2בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר2בְמִשְׁמַ֛ר1בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ1וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃1מִשְׁמָ֧ר1לְמִשְׁמָֽר׃1בְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃1הַמִּשְׁמָר֙1מִשְׁמָ֔ר1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.