H8104: שָׁמַר
shâmar · pronounced shaw-mar' · “to keep: obey”
Definition
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV translates it as: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8104 is translated
- keep ×50
- you will keep ×47
- take heed ×19
- take care ×17
- you will take care ×15
- they will keep ×14
- they kept ×12
- the keepers of ×11
- ! ×10
- you have kept ×9
- you ×8
- me ×8
Bible verses with H8104 (shâmar)
Shâmar appears in 439 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
- Genesis 17:9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
- Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
- Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Genesis 28:15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
- Genesis 28:20
And 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 raiment to put on,
- Genesis 30:31
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
- Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Genesis 37:11
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
- Genesis 41:35
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
- Exodus 10:28
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
- Exodus 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 12:24
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
- Exodus 12:25
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
- Exodus 13:10
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
- Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
- Exodus 16:28
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
- Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
All 439 references (first 400)
- Exodus 21:29
- Exodus 21:36
- Exodus 22:7
- Exodus 22:10
- Exodus 23:13
- Exodus 23:15
- Exodus 23:20
- Exodus 23:21
- Exodus 31:13
- Exodus 31:14
- Exodus 31:16
- Exodus 34:11
- Exodus 34:12
- Exodus 34:18
- Leviticus 8:35
- Leviticus 18:4
- Leviticus 18:5
- Leviticus 18:26
- Leviticus 18:30
- Leviticus 19:3
- Leviticus 19:19
- Leviticus 19:30
- Leviticus 19:37
- Leviticus 20:8
- Leviticus 20:22
- Leviticus 22:9
- Leviticus 22:31
- Leviticus 25:18
- Leviticus 26:2
- Leviticus 26:3
- Numbers 1:53
- Numbers 3:7
- Numbers 3:8
- Numbers 3:10
- Numbers 3:28
- Numbers 3:32
- Numbers 3:38
- Numbers 6:24
- Numbers 8:26
- Numbers 9:19
- Numbers 9:23
- Numbers 18:3
- Numbers 18:4
- Numbers 18:5
- Numbers 18:7
- Numbers 23:12
- Numbers 28:2
- Numbers 31:30
- Numbers 31:47
- Deuteronomy 2:4
- Deuteronomy 4:2
- Deuteronomy 4:6
- Deuteronomy 4:9
- Deuteronomy 4:15
- Deuteronomy 4:23
- Deuteronomy 4:40
- Deuteronomy 5:1
- Deuteronomy 5:10
- Deuteronomy 5:12
- Deuteronomy 5:29
- Deuteronomy 5:32
- Deuteronomy 6:2
- Deuteronomy 6:3
- Deuteronomy 6:12
- Deuteronomy 6:17
- Deuteronomy 6:25
- Deuteronomy 7:8
- Deuteronomy 7:9
- Deuteronomy 7:11
- Deuteronomy 7:12
- Deuteronomy 8:1
- Deuteronomy 8:2
- Deuteronomy 8:6
- Deuteronomy 8:11
- Deuteronomy 10:13
- Deuteronomy 11:1
- Deuteronomy 11:8
- Deuteronomy 11:16
- Deuteronomy 11:22
- Deuteronomy 11:32
- Deuteronomy 12:1
- Deuteronomy 12:13
- Deuteronomy 12:19
- Deuteronomy 12:28
- Deuteronomy 12:30
- Deuteronomy 12:32
- Deuteronomy 13:4
- Deuteronomy 13:18
- Deuteronomy 15:5
- Deuteronomy 15:9
- Deuteronomy 16:1
- Deuteronomy 16:12
- Deuteronomy 17:10
- Deuteronomy 17:19
- Deuteronomy 19:9
- Deuteronomy 23:9
- Deuteronomy 23:23
- Deuteronomy 24:8
- Deuteronomy 26:16
- Deuteronomy 26:17
- Deuteronomy 26:18
- Deuteronomy 27:1
- Deuteronomy 28:1
- Deuteronomy 28:9
- Deuteronomy 28:13
- Deuteronomy 28:15
- Deuteronomy 28:45
- Deuteronomy 28:58
- Deuteronomy 29:9
- Deuteronomy 30:10
- Deuteronomy 30:16
- Deuteronomy 31:12
- Deuteronomy 32:46
- Deuteronomy 33:9
- Joshua 1:7
- Joshua 1:8
- Joshua 6:18
- Joshua 10:18
- Joshua 22:2
- Joshua 22:3
- Joshua 22:5
- Joshua 23:6
- Joshua 23:11
- Joshua 24:17
- Judges 1:24
- Judges 2:22
- Judges 7:19
- Judges 13:4
- Judges 13:13
- Judges 13:14
- 1 Samuel 1:12
- 1 Samuel 2:9
- 1 Samuel 7:1
- 1 Samuel 9:24
- 1 Samuel 13:13
- 1 Samuel 13:14
- 1 Samuel 17:20
- 1 Samuel 17:22
- 1 Samuel 19:2
- 1 Samuel 19:11
- 1 Samuel 21:4
- 1 Samuel 25:21
- 1 Samuel 26:15
- 1 Samuel 26:16
- 1 Samuel 28:2
- 1 Samuel 30:23
- 2 Samuel 11:16
- 2 Samuel 15:16
- 2 Samuel 16:21
- 2 Samuel 18:12
- 2 Samuel 20:3
- 2 Samuel 20:10
- 2 Samuel 22:22
- 2 Samuel 22:24
- 2 Samuel 22:44
- 2 Samuel 23:5
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 1 Kings 2:4
- 1 Kings 2:43
- 1 Kings 3:6
- 1 Kings 3:14
- 1 Kings 6:12
- 1 Kings 8:23
- 1 Kings 8:24
- 1 Kings 8:25
- 1 Kings 8:58
- 1 Kings 8:61
- 1 Kings 9:4
- 1 Kings 9:6
- 1 Kings 11:10
- 1 Kings 11:11
- 1 Kings 11:34
- 1 Kings 11:38
- 1 Kings 13:21
- 1 Kings 14:8
- 1 Kings 14:27
- 1 Kings 20:39
- 2 Kings 6:9
- 2 Kings 6:10
- 2 Kings 9:14
- 2 Kings 10:31
- 2 Kings 11:5
- 2 Kings 11:6
- 2 Kings 11:7
- 2 Kings 12:9
- 2 Kings 17:13
- 2 Kings 17:19
- 2 Kings 17:37
- 2 Kings 18:6
- 2 Kings 21:8
- 2 Kings 22:4
- 2 Kings 22:14
- 2 Kings 23:3
- 2 Kings 23:4
- 2 Kings 25:18
- 1 Chronicles 9:19
- 1 Chronicles 10:13
- 1 Chronicles 12:29
- 1 Chronicles 22:12
- 1 Chronicles 22:13
- 1 Chronicles 23:32
- 1 Chronicles 28:8
- 1 Chronicles 29:18
- 1 Chronicles 29:19
- 2 Chronicles 5:11
- 2 Chronicles 6:14
- 2 Chronicles 6:15
- 2 Chronicles 6:16
- 2 Chronicles 7:17
- 2 Chronicles 12:10
- 2 Chronicles 13:11
- 2 Chronicles 19:7
- 2 Chronicles 23:6
- 2 Chronicles 33:8
- 2 Chronicles 34:9
- 2 Chronicles 34:21
- 2 Chronicles 34:22
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
- Ezra 8:29
- Nehemiah 1:5
- Nehemiah 1:7
- Nehemiah 1:9
- Nehemiah 2:8
- Nehemiah 3:29
- Nehemiah 9:32
- Nehemiah 10:29
- Nehemiah 11:19
- Nehemiah 12:25
- Nehemiah 12:45
- Nehemiah 13:22
- Esther 2:3
- Esther 2:8
- Esther 2:14
- Esther 2:15
- Esther 2:21
- Esther 6:2
- Job 2:6
- Job 10:12
- Job 10:14
- Job 13:27
- Job 14:16
- Job 22:15
- Job 23:11
- Job 24:15
- Job 29:2
- Job 33:11
- Job 36:21
- Job 39:1
- Psalms 12:7
- Psalms 16:1
- Psalms 17:4
- Psalms 17:8
- Psalms 18:21
- Psalms 18:23
- Psalms 19:11
- Psalms 25:20
- Psalms 31:6
- Psalms 34:20
- Psalms 37:28
- Psalms 37:34
- Psalms 37:37
- Psalms 39:1
- Psalms 41:2
- Psalms 56:6
- Psalms 59:9
- Psalms 71:10
- Psalms 78:10
- Psalms 78:56
- Psalms 86:2
- Psalms 89:28
- Psalms 89:31
- Psalms 91:11
- Psalms 97:10
- Psalms 99:7
- Psalms 103:18
- Psalms 105:45
- Psalms 106:3
- Psalms 107:43
- Psalms 116:6
- Psalms 119:4
- Psalms 119:5
- Psalms 119:8
- Psalms 119:9
- Psalms 119:17
- Psalms 119:34
- Psalms 119:44
- Psalms 119:55
- Psalms 119:57
- Psalms 119:60
- Psalms 119:63
- Psalms 119:67
- Psalms 119:88
- Psalms 119:101
- Psalms 119:106
- Psalms 119:134
- Psalms 119:136
- Psalms 119:146
- Psalms 119:158
- Psalms 119:167
- Psalms 119:168
- Psalms 121:3
- Psalms 121:4
- Psalms 121:5
- Psalms 121:7
- Psalms 121:8
- Psalms 127:1
- Psalms 130:3
- Psalms 130:6
- Psalms 132:12
- Psalms 140:4
- Psalms 141:9
- Psalms 145:20
- Psalms 146:6
- Psalms 146:9
- Proverbs 2:8
- Proverbs 2:11
- Proverbs 2:20
- Proverbs 3:26
- Proverbs 4:4
- Proverbs 4:6
- Proverbs 4:21
- Proverbs 5:2
- Proverbs 6:22
- Proverbs 6:24
- Proverbs 7:1
- Proverbs 7:2
- Proverbs 7:5
- Proverbs 8:32
- Proverbs 8:34
- Proverbs 10:17
- Proverbs 13:3
- Proverbs 13:18
- Proverbs 14:3
- Proverbs 15:5
- Proverbs 16:17
- Proverbs 19:8
- Proverbs 19:16
- Proverbs 21:23
- Proverbs 22:5
- Proverbs 22:18
- Proverbs 27:18
- Proverbs 28:4
- Proverbs 29:18
- Ecclesiastes 3:6
- Ecclesiastes 5:1
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
- Ecclesiastes 5:13
- Ecclesiastes 8:2
- Ecclesiastes 8:5
- Ecclesiastes 11:4
- Ecclesiastes 12:3
- Ecclesiastes 12:13
- Song of Solomon 3:3
- Song of Solomon 5:7
- Isaiah 7:4
- Isaiah 21:11
- Isaiah 21:12
- Isaiah 26:2
- Isaiah 42:20
- Isaiah 56:1
- Isaiah 56:2
- Isaiah 56:4
- Isaiah 56:6
- Isaiah 62:6
- Jeremiah 3:5
- Jeremiah 4:17
- Jeremiah 5:24
- Jeremiah 8:7
- Jeremiah 9:4
- Jeremiah 16:11
- Jeremiah 17:21
- Jeremiah 20:10
- Jeremiah 31:10
- Jeremiah 35:4
- Jeremiah 35:18
Words derived from H8104
אַשְׁמֻרָה H821
ʼashmurâh — watch
יִשְׁמְרַי H3461
Yishmᵉray — Ishmerai
מִשְׁמָר H4929
mishmâr — custody
שׁוֹמֵר H7763
Shôwmêr — Shomer
שָׁמִיר H8068
shâmîyr — thorn
שֶׁמֶר H8105
shemer — dreg
שִׁמֻּר H8107
shimmur — vigil
שׇׁמְרָה H8108
shomrâh — guard
שְׁמֻרָה H8109
shᵉmurâh — waking
שֹׁמְרוֹן H8111
Shômᵉrôwn — Samaria
שְׁמַרְיָה H8114
Shᵉmaryâh — Shemariah
שִׁמְרָת H8119
Shimrâth — Shimrath