שָׁמַר
to keep
also: guard, observe, give heed fuller range ↓
H8104
Strong's Hebrew
shâmar
Transliteration
/shaw-mar'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
469
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to keep, guard, observe, give heed
- (Qal)
- to keep, have charge of
- to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
- watch, watchman (participle)
- to watch for, wait for
- to watch, observe
- to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
- to keep (within bounds), restrain
- to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
- to keep, preserve, protect
- to keep, reserve
- (Niphal)
- to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
- to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
- to be kept, be guarded
- (Piel) to keep, pay heed
- (Hithpael) to keep oneself from
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘keep’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be on one’s guard’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘pl.’
Form
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 51 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 62 times (13%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 37 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct 33 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 25 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 24 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 23 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 21 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 20 times (4%)
+43 more forms (224 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 469 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 15 verses
- Genesis 2:15 וּ/לְ/שָׁמְרָֽ/הּ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 3:24 לִ/שְׁמֹ֕ר prep + Qal inf.cs So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Genesis 4:9 הֲ/שֹׁמֵ֥ר ptcl inter + Qal ptcp.act ms Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
- Genesis 17:9 תִשְׁמֹ֑ר Qal impf 2ms God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
- Genesis 17:10 תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ Qal impf 2mp This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
- Genesis 18:19 וְ/שָֽׁמְרוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 24:6 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.
- Genesis 26:5 וַ/יִּשְׁמֹר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
- Genesis 28:15 וּ/שְׁמַרְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
- Genesis 28:20 וּ/שְׁמָרַ֨/נִי֙ conj + Qal wpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
- Genesis 30:31 אֶשְׁמֹֽר Qal impf 1cs He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
- Genesis 31:24 הִשָּׁ֧מֶר Niphal impv 2ms God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
- Genesis 31:29 הִשָּׁ֧מֶר Niphal impv 2ms It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
- Genesis 37:11 שָׁמַ֥ר Qal pf 3ms His brothers envied him; but his father kept this saying in mind.
- Genesis 41:35 וְ/שָׁמָֽרוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
Exodus 24 verses
- Exodus 10:28 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
- Exodus 12:17 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֞ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
- Exodus 12:24 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
- Exodus 12:25 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
- Exodus 13:10 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֛ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
- Exodus 15:26 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."
- Exodus 16:28 לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Exodus 19:5 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- Exodus 19:12 הִשָּׁמְר֥וּ Niphal impv 2mp You shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 20:6 וּ/לְ/שֹׁמְרֵ֥י conj + prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Exodus 21:29 יִשְׁמְרֶ֔/נּוּ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
- Exodus 21:36 יִשְׁמְרֶ֖/נּוּ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
- Exodus 22:7 לִ/שְׁמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:10 לִ/שְׁמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
- Exodus 23:13 תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּ Niphal impf 2mp "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.
- Exodus 23:15 תִּשְׁמֹר֒ Qal impf 2ms You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
- Exodus 23:20 לִ/שְׁמָרְ/ךָ֖ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2ms "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
- Exodus 23:21 הִשָּׁ֧מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.
- Exodus 31:13 תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ Qal impf 2mp "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 31:14 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
- Exodus 31:16 וְ/שָׁמְר֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
- Exodus 34:11 שְׁמָ֨ר Qal impv 2ms Observe that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Exodus 34:12 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:
- Exodus 34:18 תִּשְׁמֹר֒ Qal impf 2ms "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
Leviticus 16 verses
- Leviticus 8:35 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."
- Leviticus 18:4 תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ Qal impf 2mp You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
- Leviticus 18:5 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 18:26 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
- Leviticus 18:30 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Leviticus 19:3 תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ Qal impf 2mp "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
- Leviticus 19:19 תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ Qal impf 2mp "'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.
- Leviticus 19:30 תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ Qal impf 2mp "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 19:37 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.'"
- Leviticus 20:8 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 20:22 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.
- Leviticus 22:9 וְ/שָׁמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp "'They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Leviticus 22:31 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp "Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 25:18 תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ Qal impf 2mp "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
- Leviticus 26:2 תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ Qal impf 2mp "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 26:3 תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ Qal impf 2mp "'If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Numbers 19 verses
- Numbers 1:53 וְ/שָׁמְרוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."
- Numbers 3:7 וְ/שָׁמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:8 וְ/שָׁמְר֗וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:10 וְ/שָׁמְר֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
- Numbers 3:28 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:32 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:38 שֹֽׁמְרִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 6:24 וְ/יִשְׁמְרֶֽ/ךָ conj + Qal juss 3ms + sfx pers 2ms 'Yahweh bless you, and keep you.
- Numbers 8:26 לִ/שְׁמֹ֣ר prep + Qal inf.cs but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their duties."
- Numbers 9:19 וְ/שָׁמְר֧וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
- Numbers 9:23 שָׁמָ֔רוּ Qal pf 3cp At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment of Yahweh they traveled. They kept the charge of Yahweh, at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
- Numbers 18:3 וְ/שָֽׁמְרוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
- Numbers 18:4 וְ/שָֽׁמְר֗וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.
- Numbers 18:5 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֗ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.
- Numbers 18:7 תִּשְׁמְר֨וּ Qal impf 2mp You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 23:12 אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר Qal impf 1cs He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
- Numbers 28:2 תִּשְׁמְר֕וּ Qal impf 2mp Command the children of Israel, and tell them, My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to me, shall you observe to offer to me in their due season.
- Numbers 31:30 שֹׁמְרֵ֕י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.
- Numbers 31:47 שֹֽׁמְרֵי֙ Qal ptcp.act mp cs even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tent of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Deuteronomy 65 verses
- Deuteronomy 2:4 וְ/נִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Niphal wpf 2mp Command you the people, saying, You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;
- Deuteronomy 4:2 לִ/שְׁמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
- Deuteronomy 4:6 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ conj + Qal wpf 2mp Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר וּ/שְׁמֹ֨ר Niphal impv 2ms conj + Qal impv 2ms Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
- Deuteronomy 4:15 וְ/נִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם conj + Niphal wpf 2mp Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:23 הִשָּׁמְר֣וּ Niphal impv 2mp Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֞ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
- Deuteronomy 5:1 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
- Deuteronomy 5:10 וּ/לְ/שֹׁמְרֵ֥י conj + prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Deuteronomy 5:12 שָׁמ֛וֹר Qal inf.abs "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 5:29 וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר conj + prep + Qal inf.cs Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
- Deuteronomy 5:32 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal pf 2mp You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Deuteronomy 6:2 לִ֠/שְׁמֹר prep + Qal inf.cs that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 6:3 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 6:12 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Deuteronomy 6:17 שָׁמ֣וֹר תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ/ן Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2mp + sfx n You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 6:25 נִשְׁמֹ֨ר Qal impf 1cp It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
- Deuteronomy 7:8 וּ/מִ/שָּׁמְר֤/וּ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:9 שֹׁמֵ֧ר וּ/לְ/שֹׁמְרֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act ms conj + prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Deuteronomy 7:11 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֨ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
- Deuteronomy 7:12 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם וְ/שָׁמַר֩ conj + Qal wpf 2mp conj + Qal wpf 3ms It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
- Deuteronomy 8:1 תִּשְׁמְר֣וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n All the commandment which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 הֲ/תִשְׁמֹ֥ר ptcl inter + Qal impf 2ms You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
- Deuteronomy 8:6 וְ/שָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- Deuteronomy 8:11 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר שְׁמֹ֤ר Niphal impv 2ms Qal inf.cs Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
- Deuteronomy 10:13 לִ/שְׁמֹ֞ר prep + Qal inf.cs to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
- Deuteronomy 11:1 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
- Deuteronomy 11:8 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp Therefore shall you keep all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go over to possess it;
- Deuteronomy 11:16 הִשָּֽׁמְר֣וּ Niphal impv 2mp Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Deuteronomy 11:22 שָׁמֹ֨ר תִּשְׁמְר֜וּ/ן Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2mp + sfx n For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
- Deuteronomy 11:32 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.
- Deuteronomy 12:1 תִּשְׁמְר֣וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 12:13 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
- Deuteronomy 12:19 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 שְׁמֹ֣ר Qal impv 2ms Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 12:30 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 תִשְׁמְר֖וּ Qal impf 2mp Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 תִּשְׁמֹ֨רוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:18 לִ/שְׁמֹר֙ prep + Qal inf.cs when you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 15:5 לִ/שְׁמֹ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 הִשָּׁ֣מֶר Niphal impv 2ms Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
- Deuteronomy 16:1 שָׁמוֹר֙ Qal inf.abs Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
- Deuteronomy 16:12 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 17:10 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you:
- Deuteronomy 17:19 לִ֠/שְׁמֹר prep + Qal inf.cs and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
- Deuteronomy 19:9 תִשְׁמֹר֩ Qal impf 2ms if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, besides these three:
- Deuteronomy 23:9 וְ/נִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ conj + Niphal wpf 2ms When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep you from every evil thing.
- Deuteronomy 23:23 תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר Qal impf 2ms That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth.
- Deuteronomy 24:8 הִשָּׁ֧מֶר לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר תִּשְׁמְר֥וּ Niphal impv 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs Qal impf 2mp Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
- Deuteronomy 26:16 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֤ conj + Qal wpf 2ms This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 26:17 וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר conj + prep + Qal inf.cs You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 26:18 וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֖ר conj + prep + Qal inf.cs and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
- Deuteronomy 27:1 שָׁמֹר֙ Qal inf.abs Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 28:1 לִ/שְׁמֹ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, who Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 28:9 תִשְׁמֹ֗ר Qal impf 2ms Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:13 לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
- Deuteronomy 28:15 לִ/שְׁמֹ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 לִ/שְׁמֹ֛ר prep + Qal inf.cs All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
- Deuteronomy 28:58 תִשְׁמֹ֜ר Qal impf 2ms If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;
- Deuteronomy 29:9 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֗ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- Deuteronomy 30:10 לִ/שְׁמֹ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:16 וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֛ר conj + prep + Qal inf.cs in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 31:12 וְ/שָֽׁמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
- Deuteronomy 32:46 לִ/שְׁמֹ֣ר prep + Qal inf.cs He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 33:9 שָֽׁמְרוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed your word, Keep your covenant.
Joshua 10 verses
- Joshua 1:7 לִ/שְׁמֹ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:8 תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר Qal impf 2ms This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- Joshua 6:18 שִׁמְר֣וּ Qal impv 2mp But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
- Joshua 10:18 לְ/שָׁמְרָֽ/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:
- Joshua 22:2 שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם Qal pf 2mp and said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you:
- Joshua 22:3 וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֕ם conj + Qal pf 2mp you have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
- Joshua 22:5 שִׁמְר֣וּ וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר Qal impv 2mp conj + prep + Qal inf.cs Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Joshua 23:6 לִ/שְׁמֹ֣ר prep + Qal inf.cs Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
- Joshua 23:11 וְ/נִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם conj + Niphal wpf 2mp Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.
- Joshua 24:17 וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְרֵ֗/נוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
Judges 6 verses
- Judges 1:24 הַ/שֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
- Judges 2:22 הֲ/שֹׁמְרִ֣ים שָׁמְר֥וּ ptcl inter + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal pf 3cp that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
- Judges 7:19 הַ/שֹּֽׁמְרִ֑ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him, came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
- Judges 13:4 הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי Niphal impv 2fs Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
- Judges 13:13 תִּשָּׁמֵֽר Niphal impf 3fs The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
- Judges 13:14 תִּשְׁמֹֽר Qal impf 3fs She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.
1 Samuel 16 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:12 שֹׁמֵ֥ר Qal ptcp.act ms It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli marked her mouth.
- 1 Samuel 2:9 יִשְׁמֹ֔ר Qal impf 3ms He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 7:1 לִ/שְׁמֹ֖ר prep + Qal inf.cs The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 9:24 שָֽׁמוּר Qal ptcp.pass ms The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved! set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
- 1 Samuel 13:13 שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ Qal pf 2ms Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:14 שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ Qal pf 2ms But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.
- 1 Samuel 17:20 שֹׁמֵ֔ר Qal ptcp.act ms David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:22 שׁוֹמֵ֣ר Qal ptcp.act ms cs David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
- 1 Samuel 19:2 הִשָּֽׁמֶר Niphal impv 2ms Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
- 1 Samuel 19:11 לְ/שָׁמְר֔/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.
- 1 Samuel 21:4 נִשְׁמְר֥וּ Niphal pf 3cp The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
- 1 Samuel 25:21 שָׁמַ֜רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
- 1 Samuel 26:15 שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ Qal pf 2ms David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
- 1 Samuel 26:16 שְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם Qal pf 2mp This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.
- 1 Samuel 28:2 שֹׁמֵ֧ר Qal ptcp.act ms David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.
- 1 Samuel 30:23 וַ/יִּשְׁמֹ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
2 Samuel 10 verses
- 2 Samuel 11:16 בִּ/שְׁמ֥וֹר prep + Qal inf.cs It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
- 2 Samuel 15:16 לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר prep + Qal inf.cs The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 לִ/שְׁמ֣וֹר prep + Qal inf.cs Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all who are with you be strong.
- 2 Samuel 18:12 שִׁמְרוּ Qal impv 2mp The man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 20:3 לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר prep + Qal inf.cs David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
- 2 Samuel 20:10 נִשְׁמַ֜ר Niphal pf 3ms But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 22:22 שָׁמַ֖רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
- 2 Samuel 22:24 וָ/אֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖/ה conj + Hithpael wimpf 1cs + sfx h I was also perfect toward him; I kept myself from my iniquity.
- 2 Samuel 22:44 תִּשְׁמְרֵ֨/נִי֙ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 וּ/שְׁמֻרָ֔ה conj + Qal ptcp.pass fs Most assuredly my house is not so with God; Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he doesn't make it grow.
1 Kings 21 verses
- 1 Kings 2:3 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֞ לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר conj + Qal wpf 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
- 1 Kings 2:4 יִשְׁמְר֨וּ Qal impf 3mp That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 2:43 שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ Qal pf 2ms Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
- 1 Kings 3:6 וַ/תִּשְׁמָר conj + Qal wimpf 2ms Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 3:14 לִ/שְׁמֹ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.
- 1 Kings 6:12 וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
- 1 Kings 8:23 שֹׁמֵ֤ר Qal ptcp.act ms and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 1 Kings 8:24 שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ Qal pf 2ms who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 8:25 שְׁ֠מֹר יִשְׁמְר֨וּ Qal impv 2ms Qal impf 3mp Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.
- 1 Kings 8:58 וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר conj + prep + Qal inf.cs that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:61 וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר conj + prep + Qal inf.cs Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
- 1 Kings 9:4 תִּשְׁמֹֽר Qal impf 2ms As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- 1 Kings 9:6 תִשְׁמְרוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
- 1 Kings 11:10 שָׁמַ֔ר Qal pf 3ms and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.
- 1 Kings 11:11 שָׁמַ֨רְתָּ֙ Qal pf 2ms Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
- 1 Kings 11:34 שָׁמַ֖ר Qal pf 3ms However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
- 1 Kings 11:38 לִ/שְׁמ֤וֹר prep + Qal inf.cs It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
- 1 Kings 13:21 שָׁמַ֨רְתָּ֙ Qal pf 2ms and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,
- 1 Kings 14:8 שָׁמַ֨ר Qal pf 3ms and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
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שמר — transliterated shâmar — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to keep.” As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 4 stems (Qal, Niphal, and more). With 440 verses in 31 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 2:15, it then recurs through the corpus. Sharing its root, it stands alongside אשמרה, משמר and שמיר. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
beward
Modern gloss
to keep
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H8104 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 440
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 440 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #106
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 106 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Psalms 67 verses 15%
- Deuteronomy 65 verses 15%
- Proverbs 29 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 440 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 161 verses · 37%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 140 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 139 verses · 32%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Keep 94×, Kept 19×, Take heed 16×
- American Standard Version: Keep 74×, Observe 18×, Kept 17×
- Berean Standard Bible: Keep 76×, Be careful 26×, Kept 16×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Keep 96×, You shall keep 40×, Keeping 18×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8104 across 468 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 136 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8104 across 468 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 135 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8104 across 462 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 161 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8104 across 528 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 151 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
21 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 21 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Gn 37:11 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁמֹר 1 S 2:9 +, יִשְׁמָר־ Je 5:24 +, sf. 3 ms. יִשְׁמְרֶנּוּ Ex 21:29, 36; 3 fs. sf. תִּשְׁמוּרֵ֑ם Pr 14:3 (read תִּשְׁמְרוּם, v. Ges§ 47 g Toy), etc.; Imv. ms. שְׁמֹר Jb 2:6 +, שָׁמְרָה 1 Ch 29:18 +; mpl. שִׁמְרוּ Jos 6:18 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שָׁמוֹר Dt 5:12 +; cstr. שְׁמֹר Gn 3:24 +, sf. שָׁמְרָהּ 2:15, etc.; Pt. act. שֹׁמֵר 1 S 1:12 +, etc.; pass. שָׁמוּר Ec 5:12 (1 S 9:24 v. infr.), etc.;—[Synon. I. נָצַר, נָטַר, q.v.]: e.g. Genesis 37:11
- 1.
- a. keep, have charge of, garden Gn 2:15 (J), ark 1 S 7:1, property in trust Ex 22:6, 9 (E), cf. 1 S 25:21; tend flock Gn 30:31 (E), cf. Zc 3:7 Nu 3:8 (P); so perhaps (obj. om.) Ho 12:13 (where שׁ׳ chosen for parallelism Now Marti al.); Pt. הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹ֑כִי Gn 4:9 (J), שׁ׳ of sheep 1 S 17:20, שׁ׳ הַכֵּלִים v 22, שׁ׳ הַבְּגָדִים 2 K 22:14 2 Ch 34:22, שׁ׳ הַנָּשִׁים Est 2:3, 8, 15, cf. v 14, etc. e.g. Genesis 2:15
- b. keep, guard, captives Jos 10:18 (J), 1 K 20:39, דֶּרֶךְ Gn 3:24 (J); keep watch and ward, אֶל pers. over whom 1 S 26:15 (ψ 59:10 v. 3 end), עַל pers. v 16 Pr 6:22; בַּנַּעַר 2 S 18:12 have a care of (read לִי for מִי 𝔊), cf. 2 K 9:14; in hostile sense, אֶל הָעִיר (in siege) 2 S 11:16, עַל חַטָּאתִי Jb 14:16 (but read תַּעֲבֹר c. 𝔊 Ew Di Du al. [not Hi Bu]); abs. c. מֵעַל Ec 5:7 watcheth above, etc. (v. p. 759 a d); keep one’s mouth, be prudent of speech †Pr 21:23, cf. Mi 7:5; keep = protect, save, one’s life, נֶפֶשׁ †Pr 13:3; 16:17; 19:16; 22:5, another’s Jb 2:6; in Pr, acc. pers., subj. wisdom, 4:6 she shall preserve thee, cf. (+ מִן of evil) 6:24; 7:5; especially Pt. watch, watchman, of city Is 21:11(×2), 12; 62:5 (fig.), Ct 3:3; 5:7(×2) ψ 127:1; שׁ׳ הַסַּף (in temple) Je 35:4 + (v. סַף), הַשּׁ׳ פֶּתַח בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 K 14:27 = 2 Ch 12:10, שׁ׳ הַשְּׁעָרִים Ne 13:22, שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת (fig.) Ec 12:3; שׁ׳ הַבַּיִת keep the house (of David’s concubines) †2 S 15:16; 16:21; 20:3; שֹׁמֵר הַכֵּלִים 1 S 17:22, שׁ׳ הַבְּגָדִים 2 K 22:14, שׁ׳ הַפַּרְדֵּס Ne 2:8, שׁ׳ הַנָּשִׁים Est 2:3, 14, 15, שֹׁמְרִים abs. Ju 7:19 Je 51:12. e.g. Joshua 10:18
- c. hence watch for, wait for, acc. pers. 1 S 19:11 (to kill him), cf. ψ 59:1 (title; acc. הַבַּיִת); c. עֲקֵבַי ψ 56:7 = dog my steps, 71:10 Je 20:10; = watch (suspiciously) Jb 10:14; 13:27; 33:11; abs. הַשֹּׁמְרִים Ju 1:24; wait for, נֶשֶׁף Jb 24:15, לַבֹּקֶר ψ 130:6(×2). e.g. 1 Samuel 19:11
- d. watch, observe, acc. rei 1 S 1:12 Ec 11:4 Jb 39:1 Je 8:7 (of birds), with intelligence Is 42:20 ψ 107:43; acc. pers. 37:37 (‖ ראה), Zc 11:11; acc. of sin ψ 31:7; 130:3; acc. rei, for the purpose of avoiding, 17:4. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:12
- 2.
- a. keep, retain, of storing up (food) Gn 41:35 (E); abs. Ec 3:6 (opp. הִשְׁלִיךְ); treasure up (in memory) Gn 37:11 (E), cf. Mal 2:7 1 Ch 29:18 Pr 4:21 (בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶ֑ךָ), 22:18 (בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ); retain wrath Am 1:11 (read שָׁמַר לָנֶצַח We Now GASm Marti; v. also נָטַר 1) + (anger om.) Je 3:5 (‖ נטר). e.g. Genesis 41:35
- b. keep within bounds, restrain, obj. שׁוֹר Ex 21:29, 36 (E); c. acc. hand, מִן of evil Is 56:2; fig. keep thy foot, c. cl. temp. Ec. 4:17; אֶשׁ׳־לְפִי מַחְסוֹם ψ (39:2 𝔊 Du al. אָשִׂימָה); appar. reflex. (= Niph.), †Jos 6:18 (+ מִן־הַחֵרֶם), poss. sc. נַפְשְׁכֶם Di. e.g. Exodus 21:29
- 3.
- a. observe, celebrate, acc. of festival, etc., Ex 23:15 (E), 34:18 (J), 12:17, of day v 17 (P), of month Dt 16:1. e.g. Exodus 23:15
- b. keep sabbath †Dt 5:12 Lv 19:3, 30; 26:2 (all H), Ex 31:13, 14, 16 (P), Is 56:4, also (+ מֵחַלְּלוֹ) v 2, 6. e.g. Deuteronomy 5:12
- c. of other obligations: keep covenant Ez 17:14, especially covenant of י׳ Dt 29:8; 1 K 11:11 + 5 times, שְׁבֻעַת י׳ 1 K 2:43, perform vow Dt 23:24; keep commands Je 35:18; Ez 20:18; especially מִצְוֹת, חֻקִּים, עֲבֹדָה, etc., of י׳ (sometimes ‖ נצר), Ex 20:6 = Dt 5:10; Am 2:4; 1 K 2:3 ψ 119:8, 17, 34 + very often (c. 120 times); שׁ׳ דֶּרֶךְ י׳ Gn 18:19 (J) + 4 times, דַּרְכֵי י׳ 2 S 22:22 = ψ 18:22, ד׳ י׳ om. Ju 2:22b; שׁ׳ אָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים Pr 2:20 (‖ תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים), שׁ׳ דְּרָכַי (ways of wisdom) 8:32 (ψ 17:4 v. 1 d); keep, discharge an office, כְּהֻנָּה Nu 3:10; 18:7 (both P), abs. 2 Ch 5:11; a function or duty, especially שׁ׳ מִשְׁמֶרֶת Lv 8:35; Nu 1:53 + c. 32 times (v. מ׳ infr.); acc. of obligation often om., especially D (and RD) keep and do Dt 4:6; 7:12 + 8 times; to do 5:1, 29 + 16 times D + 3 times, etc. e.g. Ezekiel 17:14
- d. observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom) Ho 12:7 (חֶסֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט), Is 56:1; Pr 4:4; 5:2; 7:1, 2; bad sense, observe vanities ψ 31:7.—Doubtful are: לִשְׁמֹר abs. Ho 4:10, very strange (conj. in We Now Marti); שָׁמוּר 1 S 9:24, HPS אֵחַרְנוּ, cf. Now BuComm.; ψ 59:10 read עֻוִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֲוַמֵּ֑רָה (as v 18, 𝔖 Che Bae). e.g. Hosea 12:7
- 4. sometimes י׳ subj.:
- a. keep, preserve, protect, acc. pers., + ב of way, etc., Gn 28:15, 20 (J), Ex 23:20 (E; of מַלְאָךְ), ψ 91:11 (מ׳), Jos 24:17 (E); acc. pers. (or נפשׁ) only: 1 S 30:23; Je 31:9; Nu 6:24 (P), Jb 29:2 ψ 16:1 + 10 times ψψ; + מִן ψ 121:7 + 2 times; acc. רַגְלַי 1 S 2:9, cf. Pr 3:26 (מִן); Pt. שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ ψ 121:3, 5, cf. v 4, etc.; acc. of city 127:1. e.g. Genesis 28:15
- b. c. acc. בְּרִית, ל pers. Dt 7:12, + חֶסֶד v 7 + 5 times, הַשּׁ׳ אֱמֶת לְעוֹלָם ψ 146:6; הַשְּׁבֻעָה Dt 7:8, etc.; pass. of covenant (י׳ agent) עֲרוּכָה בַכֹּל וּשְׁמֻרָה 2 S 23:5 (legal terminology, Dr). e.g. Deuteronomy 7:12
- 5. keep, reserve, weeks of harvest Je 5:24 (ל pers.). e.g. Jeremiah 5:24
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׁמַר 2 S 20:10, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. תִּשָּׁמֵר Ju 13:13; 2 mpl. תִּשָּׁמִ֑רוּ Ex 23:13; Imv. ms. הִשָּׁמֵר Is 7:4 (לְךָ) הִשָּׁ֫מֶר Gn 24:6 +; fs. הִשָּֽׁמְרִי Ju 13:4, etc.;— e.g. 2 Samuel 20:10
- 1. be on one’s guard, c. בַּחֶרֶב 2 S 20:10 by reason of the sword, i.e. against it; c. ב temp. 1 S 19:2, שָׁם 2 K 6:10; take heed Ex 23:13 (E) Dt 2:4; c. מִן pers. Ex 23:21 (E), Je 9:3; מִן rei Ju 13:13; Dt 23:10; מִן inf. take care not to, etc. Gn 31:29 (E), 2 K 6:9; inf. without מִן Ex 19:12 (J), but read prob. מֵעֲלוֹת; sq. פֶּן lest Gn 24:6 (J) + 11 times (especially Dt); c. (וְ)אַל juss. Ex 10:28 (J), Ju 13:4; Jb 36:21, c. Imv. coörd. Is 7:4.—Very often Imv. (24 times), especially in phr. הִשָּׁמֶר־לְךָ (12 times), הִשָּׁמְרוּ לִכֶם (3 times); + לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם Dt 4:15; Jos 23:11 (RD; + inf.); + בְּנַפ׳ Je 17:21 appar. ב pret. on peril of your life (cf. ב III. 3 a), so perhaps also בְּרוּחֲכֶם Mal 2:15, 16 (We Now). e.g. 2 Samuel 20:10
- 2. keep oneself, refrain, abstain, מֵאִשָּׁה 1 S 21:5. e.g. 1 Samuel 21:5
- 3. be kept, guarded, Ho 12:14 (cf. שׁ׳ of Jacob v 13); be preserved (by י׳) ψ 37:28 (לִעוֹלָם), but read prob. נִשְׁמָ֑דוּ (לְעוֹלָם) עַוָּלִים Hup-Ri (Now) Che Bae Du Dr. e.g. Hosea 12:14
Piel
- Pt. pl. מְשַׁמְּרִים הַבְלֵי־שָׁוְא Jon 2:9 those paying regard to false vanities (cf. Qal ψ 31:7). e.g. Jonah 2:9
Hithpael
- Impf. 1 s. וָאֶשְׁתַּמֵּר מֵעֲוֹנִי ψ 18:24 I kept myself from, etc. = 2 S 22:24 (vb. cohort.); 3 ms. וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּר חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי Mi 6:16, but read וְתִשְׁמֹר thou keepest, observest, We Now GASm. e.g. Psalms 18:24
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. keep, watch, preserve (NH id.; Ph. שמר in n.pr. and (Pun.) = watchman; TelAm. šimiru is perhaps overseer (Canaanism), WklNo. 80, 1, 23; Mand. סמירא preserved NöM 46; cf. Arabic سَمَرَ converse by night, stay awake (v. LagBN 105); BaNB 175 f.; ES 43 infers from ܬܶܡܪܳܐ eyelid (cf. [שְׁמֻרָה] infr.), and Arabicثَمَلَ support, aid, protect (l = r), that two √ √ are combined in Heb.; but proof insuff.);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁמַר
- (b. h.) [to be still,] to watch, guard, wait; to observe; to keep. Snh. 63ᵇ לא … שְׁמוֹר לי וכ׳ one should not say to his neighbor, wait for me at such and such an idolatrous statue (or temple). B. Mets. 58ᵃ השוכר … לִשְׁמוֹר את וכ׳ if one hires a workingman to guard a cow, a child &c. Sabb. 118ᵇ אלמלי שָׁמְרוּ ישראל וכ׳ if Israel had observed the first Sabbath &c.; a v. fr.—Part. pass. שָׁמוּר; f. שְׁמוּרָה &c. Ib. XXII, 4 נותנין … בשביל שיהא ש׳ you may put a dish into the well that it be kept (cool); a. e.
- 1. same. Ib. 118ᵇ אילמלי מְשַׁמְּרִין ישראל וכ׳ if Israel would observe two Sabbaths as they ought do, they would at once be redeemed. Keth. 62ᵇ ענייה זו לשוא שִׁימְּרָה the poor woman has in vain waited (for her husband). Ab. Zar. IV, 11 אין … יושב ומְשַׁמֵּר וכ׳ the watchman (guarding wine against idolatrous defilement) need not sit and watch &c. Y. Kidd. I, 58ᵈ top המקום משמר וכ׳ God has watched, and such a case has never occurred. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᶜ שי׳ הקב"ה … שבעה the Lord observed the seven days of mourning for his world (before the flood, ref. to Gen. VII, 10); a. fr. e.g. Genesis 7:10
- 2. (denom. of שְׁמָרִים) to clear wine from lees, filter, strain (v. מְשַׁמֶּרֶת). Sabb. 138ᵃ שי׳ חייב וכ׳ if one filtered wine (on the Sabbath), he is bound to bring a sin-offering; Y. ib. XX, 17ᶜ; VII, 10ᵇ, a. e. המשמר חייב שום בורר he who filters is guilty &c., v. בָּרַר. Ib. המשמר יין למטן וכ׳ when one filters, the wine goes down, and the lees remain above (in the filter); a. fr.—Bab. ib. 146ᵇ מקום העשוי לְשַׁמֵּר a place in the keg where a hole has been made for the purpose of letting the wine off, clear of lees (and has been closed again; Ar. s. v. חזק; Rashi: where the hole has been closed in order to preserve the flavor).—Part. pass. מְשׁוּמָּר a) guarded. Pes. 109ᵇ (ref. to שמרים, Ex. XII, 42) ליל המש׳ ובא מן המזיקין a night which is for all time guarded against dangers (v. מַזִּיק); R. Hash. 11ᵇ.—b) kept, preserved, designated. Ib. ליל המש׳ ובא מששת וכ׳ a night which has been designated for redemption since the six days of creation. Snh. 99ᵃ; Ber. 34ᵇ יין המש׳ וכ׳, v. עֵנָב; a. e. e.g. Exodus 12:42
- 1. to be on one’s guard, be observant. Mekh. Bo, s. 14 (ref. to שמרים, v. supra) מגיד … צריכין להִשְׁתַּמֵּר בו this intimates that all Israelites must be careful in it (to observe its ceremonies); Yalk. Ex. 210; Tanḥ. Bo 9.
- 2. to be guarded. B. Mets. 11ᵃ המִשְׁתַּמֶּרֶת, v. חָצֵר. Erub. 54ᵇ אם ראשון … מִשְׁתַּמֵּר וכ׳ if the fowler breaks the wings of each bird as he catches it, it is kept (from flying off) &c. Men. 99ᵇ כל המשמר … נשמתוֹ משתמרת who guards the Law (takes care not to forget it), his soul is guarded; a. e.
- same, to be on one’s guard. Ib. כל מקום שנאמר הִשָּׁמֶר פן ואל וכ׳ wherever the Scripture has the words, ‘be on thy guard, lest’, or ‘be on thy guard that not’, it is a prohibitive law; ib. השמר ופן וכ׳ ‘be on thy guard’ and ‘lest’ make two prohibitions. Ib. 36ᵇ השמר דלאו לאו hishshamer followed by a negative is a prohibitory law; השמר דעשה עשה hishshamer connected with a positive order, is a positive command (v. עָשָׂה).—[Tanḥ. Vayḥi 13 ומשמירין, v. שָׁפַר.]
שְׁמַר
- Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמַּר, v. סְמַר II. Targ. Is. VII, 4 some ed.
שֶׁמֶר
- (preced.) sediment, lees. Sabb. 146ᵇ שניקבה למטה מן הש׳ when the jug has a hole below the line of the lees. B. Bath. 96ᵇ שִׁמְרֵי יין wine lees. Ib. ש׳ … טעם יין lees which have a taste (or flavor) of wine. B. Mets. IV, 11 אין מערבין שמרי … שְׁמָרָיו you dare not mix wine lees (left of one jug) with wine, but you may give the purchaser the lees belonging to the wine sold; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 298 distinct written forms H8104 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 238 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8104, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- אשמרה ʼashmurâh H821 watch
- משמר mishmâr H4929 guard
- שמיר shâmîyr H8068 thorn
- שמר shemer H8105 dregs
- שמר shimmur H8107 night watch
- שמרה shomrâh H8108 watch
- שמרה shᵉmurâh H8109 eyelid
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ישמרי Yishmᵉray H3461 Ishmerai
- שומר Shôwmêr H7763 Shomer
- שמרון Shômᵉrôwn H8111 Samaria
- שמריה Shᵉmaryâh H8114 Shemariah
- שמרת Shimrâth H8119 Shimrath
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 386 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 440 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:15
- Exodus 10:28
- Leviticus 8:35
- Numbers 1:53
- Deuteronomy 2:4
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 1:24
- 1 Samuel 1:12
- 2 Samuel 11:16
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 6:9
- 1 Chronicles 9:19
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
