H8104 · שָׁמַר
shâmar · shaw-mar' · keep, observe, heed
H8104 (shâmar, pronounced shaw-mar') is the Hebrew word שָׁמַר in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard. It appears 469 times in 440 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁמַר (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâmar
- Pronunciation
- shaw-mar'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
469 occurrences in 440 verses (462 with English words of their own, 7 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “keep” ×21
- “and keep” ×19
- “Be careful” ×14
- “kept” ×13
- “to keep” ×12
- “Keep” ×7
- “and to keep” ×7
- “be careful” ×7
By book
Genesis 15 · Exodus 24 · Leviticus 16 · Numbers 19 · Deuteronomy 65 · Joshua 10 · Judges 6 · 1 Samuel 16 · 2 Samuel 10 · 1 Kings 21 · 2 Kings 18 · 1 Chronicles 9 · 2 Chronicles 14 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 11 · Esther 6 · Job 12 · Psalms 67 · Proverbs 29 · Ecclesiastes 9 · Song of Solomon 2 · Isaiah 10 · Jeremiah 13 · Ezekiel 19 · Daniel 1 · Hosea 4 · Amos 2 · Jonah 1 · Micah 2 · Zechariah 2 · Malachi 6
First 30 of 440 verses
- Genesis 2:15
- Genesis 3:24
- Genesis 4:9
- Genesis 17:9
- Genesis 17:10
- Genesis 18:19
- Genesis 24:6
- Genesis 26:5
- Genesis 28:15
- Genesis 28:20
- Genesis 30:31
- Genesis 31:24
- Genesis 31:29
- Genesis 37:11
- Genesis 41:35
- Exodus 10:28
- Exodus 12:17
- Exodus 12:24
- Exodus 12:25
- Exodus 13:10
- Exodus 15:26
- Exodus 16:28
- Exodus 19:5
- Exodus 19:12
- Exodus 20:6
- Exodus 21:29
- Exodus 21:36
- Exodus 22:7
- Exodus 22:10
- Exodus 23:13
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H8104.