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Hebrew verb · H8104

שָׁמַר

shamarshaw-mar'

to keep: obey

468 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâmar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8104is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 31 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 296
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8104

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

The King James renders it: 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).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shamar is rendered "to keep: obey". It stands 468 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty-one books.

  • Seventy-three of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
  • The Greek text spells it 296 different ways.

The first use

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:15וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to keep28
  • and you will keep26
  • you will keep23
  • keep19
  • take heed19
  • and to keep14
  • keeps12
  • and they will keep11
  • keepers of11
  • they kept10
  • and you will take care9
  • you will take care9

and 164 more, 468 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁמַעshamato hear: hearUses1,159
שָׁמַיִםshamayimheavenUses421
שָׁמַדshamadto destroyUses90
שָׁמֵםshamembe desolate: destroyedUses86
שָׁמַיִןshamayinheavenUses38
שָׁמִירshamirthornUses11
שָׁמֵןshamenrichUses10
שָׁמַטshamatto releaseUses9
שָׁמֵםshamemdevastatedUses6
שָׁמַןshamanto grow fatUses5

The words it stands beside

All 468, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

296 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הִשָּׁ֣מֶר10
  • לִשְׁמֹ֥ר9
  • שֹׁמֵ֣ר9
  • שֹׁמֵ֥ר8
  • שֹׁמְרֵ֖י8
  • לִשְׁמֹ֤ר6
  • שׁוֹמֵ֣ר6
  • שֹׁמֵ֤ר6
  • וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י5
  • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙5
  • הִשָּׁ֧מֶר4
  • הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים4

and 284 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)41HR/Vqcc
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular36HVqrmsa
  • Hc/Vqq2mp25Hc/Vqq2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)19HVqrmpc
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular18HVNv2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular18HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural16HVqi2mp
  • Hc/Vqq3cp15Hc/Vqq3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural15HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural15HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular15HVqv2ms
  • Hc/Vqq2ms12Hc/Vqq2ms

Genesis

fifteen uses
  • Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

    Genesis 2:15

    • וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃uleshamerahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and to keep it
  • So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

    Genesis 3:24

    • לִשְׁמֹ֕רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to guard
  • And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

    Genesis 4:9

    • הֲשֹׁמֵ֥רhashomerquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ¿ keeper
  • God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

    Genesis 17:9

    • תִשְׁמֹ֑רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

    Genesis 17:10

    • תִּשְׁמְר֗וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

    Genesis 18:19

    • וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙veshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

    Genesis 24:6

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

    Genesis 26:5

    • וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙vaiyishmorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he kept
  • Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

    Genesis 28:15

    • וּשְׁמַרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ushemartikhaHc/Vqq1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will protect you
  • Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

    Genesis 28:20

    • וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙ushemaraniHc/Vqq3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he will protect me
  • “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

    Genesis 30:31

    • אֶשְׁמֹֽר׃ʾeshmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will protect
  • But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

    Genesis 31:24

    • הִשָּׁ֧מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

    Genesis 31:29

    • הִשָּׁ֧מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

    Genesis 37:11

    • שָׁמַ֥רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he kept
  • Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

    Genesis 41:35

    • וְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃veshamaruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep

Exodus

twenty-five uses
  • “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

    Exodus 10:28

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

    Exodus 12:17

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

    Exodus 12:24

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

    Exodus 12:25

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

    Exodus 13:10

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

    Exodus 15:26

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

    Exodus 16:28

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

    Exodus 19:5

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

    Exodus 19:12

    • הִשָּׁמְר֥וּhishameruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take heed
  • but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

    Exodus 20:6

    • וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יuleshomereiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to keep
  • But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

    Exodus 21:29

    • יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּyishmerenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will guard it
  • But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

    Exodus 21:36

    • יִשְׁמְרֶ֖נּוּyishmerenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he guarded it
  • If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

    Exodus 22:7

    • לִשְׁמֹ֔רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

    Exodus 22:10

    • לִשְׁמֹ֑רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

    Exodus 23:13

    • תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּtishameruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will take heed
  • You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

    Exodus 23:15

    • תִּשְׁמֹר֒tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

    Exodus 23:20

    • לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖lishmarekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to guard you
  • Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

    Exodus 23:21

    • הִשָּׁ֧מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take care
  • “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    Exodus 31:13

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will observe
  • Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.

    Exodus 31:14

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will observe
  • The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.

    Exodus 31:16

    • וְשָׁמְר֥וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will observe
  • Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    Exodus 34:11

    • שְׁמָ֨ר־shemar-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: observe
  • Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

    Exodus 34:12

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

    Exodus 34:18

    • תִּשְׁמֹר֒tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep

Leviticus

sixteen uses
  • You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

    Leviticus 8:35

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 18:4

    • תִּשְׁמְר֖וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 18:5

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

    Leviticus 18:26

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”

    Leviticus 18:30

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:3

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.

    Leviticus 19:19

    • תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒tishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 19:30

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּtishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

    Leviticus 19:37

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    Leviticus 20:8

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

    Leviticus 20:22

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

    Leviticus 22:9

    • וְשָׁמְר֣וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 22:31

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.

    Leviticus 25:18

    • תִּשְׁמְר֖וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 26:2

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּtishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,

    Leviticus 26:3

    • תִּשְׁמְר֔וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep

Numbers

nineteen uses
  • But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

    Numbers 1:53

    • וְשָׁמְרוּ֙veshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.

    Numbers 3:7

    • וְשָׁמְר֣וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

    Numbers 3:8

    • וְשָׁמְר֗וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”

    Numbers 3:10

    • וְשָׁמְר֖וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

    Numbers 3:28

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

    Numbers 3:32

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

    Numbers 3:38

    • שֹֽׁמְרִים֙shomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
  • ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;

    Numbers 6:24

    • וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ סveyishmerekhaHC/Vqu3ms/Sp2mstagged: and may he keep you
  • After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

    Numbers 8:26

    • לִשְׁמֹ֣רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by keeping
  • Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

    Numbers 9:19

    • וְשָׁמְר֧וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they kept
  • They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

    Numbers 9:23

    • שָׁמָ֔רוּshamaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

    Numbers 18:3

    • וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙veshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

    Numbers 18:4

    • וְשָֽׁמְר֗וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

    Numbers 18:5

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

    Numbers 18:7

    • תִּשְׁמְר֨וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

    Numbers 23:12

    • אֶשְׁמֹ֖רʾeshmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I take care
  • “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.

    Numbers 28:2

    • תִּשְׁמְר֕וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will take care
  • From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

    Numbers 31:30

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֕יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keep
  • From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.

    Numbers 31:47

    • שֹֽׁמְרֵי֙shomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keep

Deuteronomy

seventy-three uses
  • and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

    Deuteronomy 2:4

    • וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םvenishmartemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will take heed
  • You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

    Deuteronomy 4:2

    • לִשְׁמֹ֗רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

    Deuteronomy 4:6

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will take care
  • Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

    Deuteronomy 4:9

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
    • וּשְׁמֹ֨רushemorconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and guard
  • So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

    Deuteronomy 4:15

    • וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םvenishmartemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will take heed
  • Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

    Deuteronomy 4:23

    • הִשָּׁמְר֣וּhishameruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take heed
  • Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

    Deuteronomy 4:40

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

    Deuteronomy 5:1

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will take care
  • but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

    Deuteronomy 5:10

    • וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יuleshomereiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and of keep
  • Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    Deuteronomy 5:12

    • שָׁמ֣֛וֹרshamorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: keep
  • If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

    Deuteronomy 5:29

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֥רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

    Deuteronomy 5:32

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will take care
  • so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

    Deuteronomy 6:2

    • לִ֠שְׁמֹרlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

    Deuteronomy 6:3

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will take care
  • be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

    Deuteronomy 6:12

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

    Deuteronomy 6:17

    • שָׁמ֣וֹרshamorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to keep
    • תִּשְׁמְר֔וּןtishmerunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will keep
  • And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

    Deuteronomy 6:25

    • נִשְׁמֹ֨רnishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will take care
  • But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

    Deuteronomy 7:8

    • וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּumishameroconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and from because kept he
  • Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

    Deuteronomy 7:9

    • שֹׁמֵ֧רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
    • וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יuleshomereiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to keep
  • So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.

    Deuteronomy 7:11

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.

    Deuteronomy 7:12

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will take care
    • וְשָׁמַר֩veshamarHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will keep
  • You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

    Deuteronomy 8:1

    • תִּשְׁמְר֣וּןtishmerunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will take care
  • Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

    Deuteronomy 8:2

    • הֲתִשְׁמֹ֥רhatishmorquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will you keep
  • Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

    Deuteronomy 8:6

    • וְשָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.

    Deuteronomy 8:11

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
    • שְׁמֹ֤רshemorverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

    Deuteronomy 10:13

    • לִשְׁמֹ֞רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

    Deuteronomy 11:1

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

    Deuteronomy 11:8

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

    Deuteronomy 11:16

    • הִשָּֽׁמְר֣וּhishameruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take heed
  • For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

    Deuteronomy 11:22

    • שָׁמֹ֨רshamorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to keep
    • תִּשְׁמְר֜וּןtishmerunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will keep
  • be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

    Deuteronomy 11:32

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will take care
  • These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.

    Deuteronomy 12:1

    • תִּשְׁמְר֣וּןtishmerunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will take care
  • Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;

    Deuteronomy 12:13

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

    Deuteronomy 12:19

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 12:28

    • שְׁמֹ֣רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take care
  • be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

    Deuteronomy 12:30

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

    Deuteronomy 12:32

    • תִשְׁמְר֖וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will take care
  • You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.

    Deuteronomy 13:4

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֙רוּ֙tishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 13:18

    • לִשְׁמֹר֙lishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

    Deuteronomy 15:5

    • לִשְׁמֹ֤רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    Deuteronomy 15:9

    • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

    Deuteronomy 16:1

    • שָׁמוֹר֙shamorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: keep
  • Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

    Deuteronomy 16:12

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will take care
  • You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,

    Deuteronomy 17:10

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will take care
  • It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

    Deuteronomy 17:19

    • לִ֠שְׁמֹרlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.

    Deuteronomy 19:9

    • תִשְׁמֹר֩tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

    Deuteronomy 23:9

    • וְנִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔venishmartaHc/VNq2mstagged: and you will keep yourself
  • Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

    Deuteronomy 23:23

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֣רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will take care
  • In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

    Deuteronomy 24:8

    • הִשָּׁ֧מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
    • תִּשְׁמְר֥וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will take care
  • The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

    Deuteronomy 26:16

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will take care
  • Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

    Deuteronomy 26:17

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֨רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

    Deuteronomy 26:18

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֖רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.

    Deuteronomy 27:1

    • שָׁמֹר֙shamorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: keep
  • “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

    Deuteronomy 28:1

    • לִשְׁמֹ֤רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.

    Deuteronomy 28:9

    • תִשְׁמֹ֗רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.

    Deuteronomy 28:13

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

    Deuteronomy 28:15

    • לִשְׁמֹ֤רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

    Deuteronomy 28:45

    • לִשְׁמֹ֛רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—

    Deuteronomy 28:58

    • תִשְׁמֹ֜רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will take care
  • So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.

    Deuteronomy 29:9

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

    Deuteronomy 30:10

    • לִשְׁמֹ֤רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

    Deuteronomy 30:16

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֛רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.

    Deuteronomy 31:12

    • וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will take care
  • he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

    Deuteronomy 32:46

    • לִשְׁמֹ֣רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

    Deuteronomy 33:9

    • שָֽׁמְרוּ֙shameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept

Joshua

eleven uses
  • Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

    Joshua 1:7

    • לִשְׁמֹ֤רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

    Joshua 1:8

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֣רtishmorverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you may take care
  • But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

    Joshua 6:18

    • שִׁמְר֣וּshimruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: keep
  • So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.

    Joshua 10:18

    • לְשָׁמְרָֽם׃leshamerampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to guard them
  • and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

    Joshua 22:2

    • שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔םshemartemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have kept
  • All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.

    Joshua 22:3

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֕םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you have kept
  • But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

    Joshua 22:5

    • שִׁמְר֣וּshimruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take care
    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֥רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

    Joshua 23:6

    • לִשְׁמֹ֣רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take care
  • Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

    Joshua 23:11

    • וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םvenishmartemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will take heed
  • For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.

    Joshua 24:17

    • וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּvaiyishmerenuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bptagged: and he kept us

Judges

seven uses
  • and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

    Judges 1:24

    • הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those watched
  • In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”

    Judges 2:22

    • הֲשֹׁמְרִ֣יםhashomerimquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: ¿ keeping
    • שָׁמְר֥וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.

    Judges 7:19

    • הַשֹּֽׁמְרִ֑יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the watchmen
  • Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

    Judges 13:4

    • הִשָּׁ֣מְרִיhishameriverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: take care
  • So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.

    Judges 13:13

    • תִּשָּׁמֵֽר׃tishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will take care
  • She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

    Judges 13:14

    • תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will keep

1 Samuel

sixteen uses
  • As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

    1 Samuel 1:12

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: watching
  • He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

    1 Samuel 2:9

    • יִשְׁמֹ֔רyishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will protect
  • Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

    1 Samuel 7:1

    • לִשְׁמֹ֖רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.

    1 Samuel 9:24

    • שָֽׁמוּר־shamur-verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: kept
  • “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

    1 Samuel 13:13

    • שָׁמַ֗רְתָּshamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have kept
  • But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

    1 Samuel 13:14

    • שָׁמַ֔רְתָּshamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have kept
  • So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

    1 Samuel 17:20

    • שֹׁמֵ֔רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a watchman
  • Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

    1 Samuel 17:22

    • שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeper of
  • so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

    1 Samuel 19:2

    • הִשָּֽׁמֶר־hishamer-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take care
  • Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

    1 Samuel 19:11

    • לְשָׁמְר֔וֹleshameropreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to watch for him
  • “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

    1 Samuel 21:4

    • נִשְׁמְר֥וּnishmeruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have kept themselves
  • Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

    1 Samuel 25:21

    • שָׁמַ֜רְתִּיshamartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have guarded
  • So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?

    1 Samuel 26:15

    • שָׁמַ֔רְתָּshamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: did you guard
  • This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

    1 Samuel 26:16

    • שְׁמַרְתֶּ֛םshemartemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you watched
  • David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

    1 Samuel 28:2

    • שֹׁמֵ֧רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a watchman
  • But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

    1 Samuel 30:23

    • וַיִּשְׁמֹ֣רvaiyishmorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has kept

2 Samuel

ten uses
  • So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.

    2 Samuel 11:16

    • בִּשְׁמ֥וֹרbishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when watched
  • Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

    2 Samuel 15:16

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

    2 Samuel 16:21

    • לִשְׁמ֣וֹרlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

    2 Samuel 18:12

    • שִׁמְרוּ־shimru-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: protect
  • When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

    2 Samuel 20:3

    • לִשְׁמֹ֨רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

    2 Samuel 20:10

    • נִשְׁמַ֜רnishmarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he took heed
  • For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    2 Samuel 22:22

    • שָׁמַ֖רְתִּיshamartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have kept
  • And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

    2 Samuel 22:24

    • וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖הvaeshtamerahHc/Vtw1cs/Shtagged: and I kept myself
  • You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

    2 Samuel 22:44

    • תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙tishmereniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you kept me
  • Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

    2 Samuel 23:5

    • וּשְׁמֻרָ֔הushemurahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: and preserved

1 Kings

twenty-three uses
  • And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

    1 Kings 2:3

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
    • לִשְׁמֹ֨רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

    1 Kings 2:4

    • יִשְׁמְר֨וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will guard
  • So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

    1 Kings 2:43

    • שָׁמַ֔רְתָּshamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: have you kept
  • Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

    1 Kings 3:6

    • וַתִּשְׁמָר־vatishmor-Hc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have kept
  • So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

    1 Kings 3:14

    • לִשְׁמֹ֤רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

    1 Kings 6:12

    • וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֥veshamartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will keep
  • and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

    1 Kings 8:23

    • שֹׁמֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
  • You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

    1 Kings 8:24

    • שָׁמַ֗רְתָּshamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have kept
  • Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

    1 Kings 8:25

    • שְׁ֠מֹרshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
    • יִשְׁמְר֨וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will guard
  • May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

    1 Kings 8:58

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֨רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

    1 Kings 8:61

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֥רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

    1 Kings 9:4

    • תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

    1 Kings 9:6

    • תִשְׁמְרוּ֙tishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.

    1 Kings 11:10

    • שָׁמַ֔רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he observed
  • Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

    1 Kings 11:11

    • שָׁמַ֙רְתָּ֙shamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have observed
  • Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

    1 Kings 11:34

    • שָׁמַ֖רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he observed
  • If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

    1 Kings 11:38

    • לִשְׁמ֤וֹרlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by observing
  • and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

    1 Kings 13:21

    • שָׁמַ֙רְתָּ֙shamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have kept
  • I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

    1 Kings 14:8

    • שָׁמַ֨רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he kept
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    1 Kings 14:27

    • הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who guarded
  • As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

    1 Kings 20:39

    • שְׁמֹר֙shemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: guard

2 Kings

eighteen uses
  • Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

    2 Kings 6:9

    • הִשָּׁ֕מֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take care
  • So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

    2 Kings 6:10

    • וְנִשְׁמַ֣רvenishmarHc/VNq3mstagged: and he took care
  • Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,

    2 Kings 9:14

    • שֹׁמֵ֜רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: watching
  • Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

    2 Kings 10:31

    • שָׁמַ֛רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he took care
  • and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,

    2 Kings 11:5

    • וְשֹׁ֣מְרֵ֔יveshomereiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and keep
  • a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—

    2 Kings 11:6

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛םushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.

    2 Kings 11:7

    • וְשָֽׁמְר֛וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

    2 Kings 12:9

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֣יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: kept of
  • Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”

    2 Kings 17:13

    • וְשִׁמְרוּ֙veshimruconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and keep
  • and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

    2 Kings 17:19

    • שָׁמַ֔רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it kept
  • And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

    2 Kings 17:37

    • תִּשְׁמְר֥וּןtishmerunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will take care
  • He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.

    2 Kings 18:6

    • וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙vaiyishmorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he kept
  • I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

    2 Kings 21:8

    • יִשְׁמְר֣וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will take care
  • “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

    2 Kings 22:4

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֥יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

    2 Kings 22:14

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeper
  • So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

    2 Kings 23:3

    • וְלִשְׁמֹ֨רvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

    2 Kings 23:4

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֣יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

    2 Kings 25:18

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֥יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of

1 Chronicles

ten uses
  • Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 9:19

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֥יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

    1 Chronicles 10:13

    • שָׁמָ֑רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he kept
  • From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

    1 Chronicles 12:29

    • שֹׁמְרִ֕יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
  • Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.

    1 Chronicles 22:12

    • וְלִשְׁמ֕וֹרvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep
  • Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

    1 Chronicles 22:13

    • תִּשְׁמ֗וֹרtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will take care
  • So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 23:32

    • וְשָׁמְר֞וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they kept
  • So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

    1 Chronicles 28:8

    • שִׁמְר֣וּshimruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: observe
  • O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.

    1 Chronicles 29:18

    • שֳׁמְרָה־shomrah-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: keep
  • And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

    1 Chronicles 29:19

    • לִשְׁמוֹר֙lishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

2 Chronicles

fifteen uses
  • Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

    2 Chronicles 5:11

    • לִשְׁמ֥וֹרlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

    2 Chronicles 6:14

    • שֹׁמֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
  • You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

    2 Chronicles 6:15

    • שָׁמַ֗רְתָּshamartaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have kept
  • Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

    2 Chronicles 6:16

    • שְׁ֠מֹרshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
    • יִשְׁמְר֨וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will guard
  • And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

    2 Chronicles 7:17

    • תִּשְׁמֽוֹר׃tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will observe
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    2 Chronicles 12:10

    • הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who guarded
  • Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

    2 Chronicles 13:11

    • שֹׁמְרִ֣יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
  • And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

    2 Chronicles 19:7

    • שִׁמְר֣וּshimruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take care
  • No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 23:6

    • יִשְׁמְר֖וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will keep
  • I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”

    2 Chronicles 33:8

    • יִשְׁמְר֣וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will take care
  • So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 34:9

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֨יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

    2 Chronicles 34:21

    • שָׁמְר֤וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they took care
  • So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

    2 Chronicles 34:22

    • שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeper of
  • So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

    2 Chronicles 34:31

    • וְלִשְׁמ֤וֹרvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to keep

Ezra

one use
  • Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”

    Ezra 8:29

    • וְשִׁמְר֗וּveshimruconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and keep

Nehemiah

twelve uses
  • Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

    Nehemiah 1:5

    • שֹׁמֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
    • וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יuleshomereiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to keep
  • We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

    Nehemiah 1:7

    • שָׁמַ֣רְנוּshamarnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have kept
  • but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’

    Nehemiah 1:9

    • וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will keep
  • And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

    Nehemiah 2:8

    • שֹׁמֵ֨רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeper of
  • Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

    Nehemiah 3:29

    • שֹׁמֵ֖רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeper of
  • So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

    Nehemiah 9:32

    • שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeper
  • hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

    Nehemiah 10:29

    • וְלִשְׁמ֣וֹרvelishmorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to take care
  • And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

    Nehemiah 11:19

    • הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who kept watch
  • Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

    Nehemiah 12:25

    • שֹׁמְרִ֤יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
  • They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

    Nehemiah 12:45

    • וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֞וּvaiyishmeruHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they kept
  • Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.

    Nehemiah 13:22

    • שֹׁמְרִ֣יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: guarding

Esther

six uses
  • and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

    Esther 2:3

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeper
  • When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

    Esther 2:8

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeper
  • She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

    Esther 2:14

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeper
  • Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

    Esther 2:15

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeper
  • In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

    Esther 2:21

    • מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֣יmishomereipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from guards of
  • And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

    Esther 6:2

    • מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖יmishomereipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from guards of

Job

twelve uses
  • “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

    Job 2:6

    • שְׁמֹֽר׃shemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: preserve
  • You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

    Job 10:12

    • שָֽׁמְרָ֥הshamerahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has kept
  • If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

    Job 10:14

    • וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִיushemartaniHc/Vqq2ms/Sp1bstagged: and you will watch me
  • You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

    Job 13:27

    • וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹרvetishmorHC/Vqu2mstagged: so you may watch
  • For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

    Job 14:16

    • תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹרtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will watch
  • Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

    Job 22:15

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֑רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you keep
  • My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

    Job 23:11

    • שָׁמַ֣רְתִּיshamartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have kept
  • The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

    Job 24:15

    • שָׁ֤מְרָֽהshamerahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it watches for
  • “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

    Job 29:2

    • יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃yishmereniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he watched over me
  • He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

    Job 33:11

    • יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רyishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he watches
  • Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

    Job 36:21

    • הִ֭שָּׁמֶרhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take heed
  • “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

    Job 39:1

    • תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you watch

Psalms

seventy-one uses
  • You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

    Psalms 12:7

    • תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑םtishmeremverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep them
  • Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

    Psalms 16:1

    • שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִיshamereniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: protect me
  • As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

    Psalms 17:4

    • שָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּיshamartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have watched
  • Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

    Psalms 17:8

    • שָׁ֭מְרֵנִיshamreniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: keep me
  • For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    Psalms 18:21

    • שָׁ֭מַרְתִּיshamartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have kept
  • And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

    Psalms 18:23

    • וָ֝אֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֗רvaeshtamerHc/Vtw1cstagged: and I have kept myself
  • By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

    Psalms 19:11

    • בְּ֝שָׁמְרָ֗םbeshamerampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in keeping them
  • Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.

    Psalms 25:20

    • שָׁמְרָ֣הshamerahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: preserve
  • I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

    Psalms 31:6

    • הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those keep
  • He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

    Psalms 34:20

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeping
  • For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

    Psalms 37:28

    • נִשְׁמָ֑רוּnishmaruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are preserved
  • Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

    Psalms 37:34

    • וּשְׁמֹ֬רushemorconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and keep
  • Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

    Psalms 37:37

    • שְׁמָר־shemor-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: watch
  • I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

    Psalms 39:1

    • אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣הʾeshmerahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will guard
    • אֶשְׁמְרָ֥הʾeshmerahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will keep
  • The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.

    Psalms 41:2

    • יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּyishmerehuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will keep him
  • They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

    Psalms 56:6

    • יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּyishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they watch for
  • I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

    Psalms 59:9

    • אֶשְׁמֹ֑רָהʾeshmorahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will watch
  • For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

    Psalms 71:10

    • וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יveshomereiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and watch of
  • They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

    Psalms 78:10

    • שָׁ֭מְרוּshamruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

    Psalms 78:56

    • שָׁמָֽרוּ׃shamaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

    Psalms 86:2

    • שָֽׁמְרָ֣הshamerahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: preserve
  • I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

    Psalms 89:28

    • אֶשְׁמָרʾeshmor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will keep
    • ל֣וֹlopreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to him
  • if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

    Psalms 89:31

    • יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃yishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will keep
  • For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

    Psalms 91:11

    • לִ֝שְׁמָרְךָ֗lishmarekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to guard you
  • Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

    Psalms 97:10

    • שֹׁ֭מֵרshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: protecting
  • He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

    Psalms 99:7

    • שָׁמְר֥וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.

    Psalms 103:18

    • לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יleshomereipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to keep
  • that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 105:45

    • יִשְׁמְר֣וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may keep
  • Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

    Psalms 106:3

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֣יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: observe
  • Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

    Psalms 107:43

    • וְיִשְׁמָר־veyishmor-HC/Vqu3mstagged: and let him observe
  • The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

    Psalms 116:6

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: protecting
  • You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

    Psalms 119:4

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

    Psalms 119:5

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

    Psalms 119:8

    • אֶשְׁמֹ֑רʾeshmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will keep
  • How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

    Psalms 119:9

    • לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by keeping
  • Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

    Psalms 119:17

    • וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥הveeshmerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will keep
  • Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

    Psalms 119:34

    • וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּהveeshmerenahHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3fstagged: so I may keep it
  • I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.

    Psalms 119:44

    • וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֖הveeshmerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will keep
  • In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

    Psalms 119:55

    • וָֽ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗הvaeshmerahHc/Vqw1cs/Shtagged: and I have kept
  • The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

    Psalms 119:57

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

    Psalms 119:60

    • לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

    Psalms 119:63

    • וּ֝לְשֹׁמְרֵ֗יuleshomereiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and of keep
  • Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

    Psalms 119:67

    • שָׁמָֽרְתִּי׃shamaretiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I keep
  • Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

    Psalms 119:88

    • וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗הveeshmerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: so let me keep
  • I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

    Psalms 119:101

    • אֶשְׁמֹ֥רʾeshmorverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I may keep
  • I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

    Psalms 119:106

    • לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

    Psalms 119:134

    • וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗הveeshmerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: so let me keep
  • My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

    Psalms 119:136

    • שָׁמְר֥וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people keep
  • I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.

    Psalms 119:146

    • וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗הveeshmerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: so let me keep
  • I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

    Psalms 119:158

    • שָׁמָֽרוּ׃shamaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have kept
  • I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

    Psalms 119:167

    • שָֽׁמְרָ֣הshamerahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it keeps
  • I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

    Psalms 119:168

    • שָׁמַ֣רְתִּיshamartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I keep
  • He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

    Psalms 121:3

    • שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃shomerekhaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: protector your
  • Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

    Psalms 121:4

    • שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: protector of
  • The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

    Psalms 121:5

    • שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָshomerekhaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: protector your
  • The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

    Psalms 121:7

    • יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥yishmarekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will protect you
    • יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רyishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will protect
  • The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

    Psalms 121:8

    • יִשְׁמָר־yishmor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will protect
  • Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

    Psalms 127:1

    • יִשְׁמָר־yishmor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will watch over
    • שׁוֹמֵֽר׃shomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: watchman
  • If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

    Psalms 130:3

    • תִּשְׁמָר־tishmor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

    Psalms 130:6

    • מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥יםmishomerimpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: more than watchmen
    • שֹׁמְרִ֥יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: watchmen
  • If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

    Psalms 132:12

    • יִשְׁמְר֬וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will keep
  • Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

    Psalms 140:4

    • שָׁמְרֵ֤נִיshamereniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: keep me
  • Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

    Psalms 141:9

    • שָׁמְרֵ֗נִיshamereniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: keep me
  • The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

    Psalms 145:20

    • שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: protecting
  • the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

    Psalms 146:6

    • הַשֹּׁמֵ֖רhashomerthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who keeps
  • The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

    Psalms 146:9

    • שֹׁ֘מֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: watching over

Proverbs

thirty-one uses
  • to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

    Proverbs 2:8

    • יִשְׁמֹֽר׃yishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will preserve
  • Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

    Proverbs 2:11

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֥רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will watch
  • So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

    Proverbs 2:20

    • תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
  • for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

    Proverbs 3:26

    • וְשָׁמַ֖רveshamarHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will keep
  • he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

    Proverbs 4:4

    • שְׁמֹ֖רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
  • Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

    Proverbs 4:6

    • וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּvetishmerekaHC/Vqu3fs/Sp2mstagged: and she will keep you
  • Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

    Proverbs 4:21

    • שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗םshamremverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: keep them
  • that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

    Proverbs 5:2

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to preserve
  • When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

    Proverbs 6:22

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֣רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will watch
  • to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

    Proverbs 6:24

    • לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָlishmarekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to keep you
  • My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

    Proverbs 7:1

    • שְׁמֹ֣רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
  • Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

    Proverbs 7:2

    • שְׁמֹ֣רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
  • that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

    Proverbs 7:5

    • לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָlishmarekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to keep you
  • Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

    Proverbs 8:32

    • יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃yishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they observe
  • Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

    Proverbs 8:34

    • לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by watching
  • Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

    Proverbs 10:17

    • שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeps
  • He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

    Proverbs 13:3

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: protecting
  • Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

    Proverbs 13:18

    • וְשׁוֹמֵ֖רveshomerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and keeps
  • The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

    Proverbs 14:3

    • תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם׃tishmuremverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it preserves them
  • A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

    Proverbs 15:5

    • וְשֹׁמֵ֖רveshomerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and keeps
  • The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

    Proverbs 16:17

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: protecting
  • Proverbs 19:8

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
  • Proverbs 19:16

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: guarding
  • Proverbs 21:23

    • שֹׁמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: guards
    • שֹׁמֵ֖רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeping
  • Proverbs 22:5

    • שׁוֹמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: guards
  • Proverbs 22:18

    • תִשְׁמְרֵ֣םtishmeremverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep them
  • Proverbs 27:18

    • וְשֹׁמֵ֖רveshomerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and protects
  • Proverbs 28:4

    • וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יveshomereiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and keep
  • Proverbs 29:18

    • וְשֹׁמֵ֖רveshomerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and keeps

Ecclesiastes

nine uses
  • Ecclesiastes 3:6

    • לִשְׁמ֖וֹרlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Ecclesiastes 5:1

    • שְׁמֹ֣רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: guard
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    • שֹׁמֵ֔רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: watching
  • Ecclesiastes 5:13

    • שָׁמ֥וּרshamurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: being kept
  • Ecclesiastes 8:2

    • שְׁמ֔וֹרshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
  • Ecclesiastes 8:5

    • שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeps
  • Ecclesiastes 11:4

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: watches for
  • Ecclesiastes 12:3

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֣יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    • שְׁמ֔וֹרshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep

Song of Solomon

three uses
  • Song of Solomon 3:3

    • הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the watchmen
  • Song of Solomon 5:7

    • הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the watchmen
    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: watchmen of

Isaiah

twelve uses
  • Isaiah 7:4

    • הִשָּׁמֵ֨רhishamerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take care
  • Isaiah 21:11

    • שֹׁמֵר֙shomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: O watchman
    • שֹׁמֵ֖רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: O watchman
  • Isaiah 21:12

    • שֹׁמֵ֔רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: watchman
  • Isaiah 26:2

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
  • Isaiah 42:20

    • תִשְׁמֹ֑רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you keep
  • Isaiah 56:1

    • שִׁמְר֥וּshimruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: keep
  • Isaiah 56:2

    • שֹׁמֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
    • וְשֹׁמֵ֥רveshomerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and keeps
  • Isaiah 56:4

    • יִשְׁמְרוּ֙yishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they keep
  • Isaiah 56:6

    • שֹׁמֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
  • Isaiah 62:6

    • שֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: watchmen

Jeremiah

thirteen uses
  • Jeremiah 3:5

    • יִשְׁמֹ֖רyishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he keep
  • Jeremiah 4:17

    • כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣יkeshomereipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like guard
  • Jeremiah 5:24

    • יִשְׁמָר־yishmor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he keeps
  • Jeremiah 8:7

    • שָׁמְר֖וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they keep
  • Jeremiah 9:4

    • הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּhishameruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take heed
  • Jeremiah 16:11

    • שָׁמָֽרוּ׃shamaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • Jeremiah 17:21

    • הִשָּׁמְר֖וּhishameruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take heed
  • Jeremiah 20:10

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: watchers of
  • Jeremiah 31:10

    • וּשְׁמָר֖וֹushemaroHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will keep it
  • Jeremiah 35:4

    • שֹׁמֵ֥רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keeper of
  • Jeremiah 35:18

    • וַֽתִּשְׁמְרוּ֙vatishmeruHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you have kept
  • Jeremiah 51:12

    • שֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: watchmen
  • Jeremiah 52:24

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֥יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of

Ezekiel

twenty uses
  • Ezekiel 11:20

    • יִשְׁמְר֖וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may keep
  • Ezekiel 17:14

    • לִשְׁמֹ֥רlishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Ezekiel 18:9

    • שָׁמַ֖רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has kept
  • Ezekiel 18:19

    • שָׁמַ֛רshamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has kept
  • Ezekiel 18:21

    • וְשָׁמַר֙veshamarHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will keep
  • Ezekiel 20:18

    • תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtishmoruverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you keep
  • Ezekiel 20:19

    • שִׁמְר֖וּshimruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: keep
  • Ezekiel 20:21

    • שָׁמְר֜וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • Ezekiel 36:27

    • תִּשְׁמְר֖וּtishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will keep
  • Ezekiel 37:24

    • יִשְׁמְר֖וּyishmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will keep
  • Ezekiel 40:45

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keep
  • Ezekiel 40:46

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keep
  • Ezekiel 43:11

    • וְיִשְׁמְר֞וּveyishmeruHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may keep
  • Ezekiel 44:8

    • שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םshemartemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you kept
    • לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧יleshomereipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to keepers of
  • Ezekiel 44:14

    • שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: keepers of
  • Ezekiel 44:15

    • שָׁמְר֜וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept
  • Ezekiel 44:16

    • וְשָׁמְר֖וּveshameruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will keep
  • Ezekiel 44:24

    • יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּyishmoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will observe
  • Ezekiel 48:11

    • שָׁמְר֖וּshameruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they kept

Daniel

two uses
  • Daniel 9:4

    • שֹׁמֵ֤רshomerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps
    • וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יuleshomereiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to keep

Hosea

four uses
  • Hosea 4:10

    • לִשְׁמֹֽר׃lishmorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
  • Hosea 12:6

    • שְׁמֹ֔רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep
  • Hosea 12:12

    • שָׁמָֽר׃shamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he kept
  • Hosea 12:13

    • נִשְׁמָֽר׃nishmarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was kept

Amos

two uses
  • Amos 1:11

    • שְׁמָ֥רָהshemarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he kept it
  • Amos 2:4

    • שָׁמָ֔רוּshamaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have kept

Jonah

one use
  • Jonah 2:8

    • מְשַׁמְּרִ֖יםmeshamerimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: pay regard

Micah

two uses
  • Micah 6:16

    • וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞רveyishtamerHC/Vtu3mstagged: so it may be kept
  • Micah 7:5

    • שְׁמֹ֖רshemorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: guard

Zechariah

three uses
  • Zechariah 3:7

    • תִשְׁמֹ֔רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep
    • תִּשְׁמֹ֣רtishmorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will guard
  • Zechariah 11:11

    • הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣יםhashomerimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who were watching

Malachi

six uses
  • Malachi 2:7

    • יִשְׁמְרוּ־yishmeru-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will preserve
  • Malachi 2:9

    • שֹׁמְרִ֣יםshomerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
  • Malachi 2:15

    • וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙venishmartemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will take heed
  • Malachi 2:16

    • וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םvenishmartemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will take heed
  • Malachi 3:7

    • שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔םshemartemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have kept
  • Malachi 3:14

    • שָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙shamarnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have kept

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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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