שָׁמַר

sha.mar

Hebrew H8104 Verb 469 occurrences in 440 verses
שָׁמַר to keep: obey

1. to keep, guard, observe, give heed

a. (Qal)

1. to keep, have charge of

2. to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life

a. watch, watchman (participle)

3. to watch for, wait for

4. to watch, observe

5. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)

6. to keep (within bounds), restrain

7. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)

8. to keep, preserve, protect

9. to keep, reserve

b. (Niphal)

1. to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware

2. to keep oneself, refrain, abstain

3. to be kept, be guarded

c. (Piel) to keep, pay heed

d. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 440 verses

  1. 1 Kings 14:27 הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים

    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. 1 Kings 20:39 שְׁמֹר֙

    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.’

  3. 2 Kings 6:9 הִשָּׁ֕מֶר

    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.”

  4. 2 Kings 6:10 וְנִשְׁמַ֣ר

    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.

  5. 2 Kings 9:14 שֹׁמֵ֜ר

    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,

  6. 2 Kings 10:31 שָׁמַ֛ר

    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.

  7. 2 Kings 11:5 וְשֹׁ֣מְרֵ֔י

    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,

  8. 2 Kings 11:6 וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם

    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—

  9. 2 Kings 11:7 וְשָֽׁמְר֛וּ

    the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.

  10. 2 Kings 12:9 שֹׁמְרֵ֣י

    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.

  11. 2 Kings 17:13 וְשִׁמְרוּ֙

    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.”

  12. 2 Kings 17:19 שָׁמַ֔ר

    and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

  13. 2 Kings 17:37 תִּשְׁמְר֥וּן

    And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

  14. 2 Kings 18:6 וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙

    He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.

  15. 2 Kings 21:8 יִשְׁמְר֣וּ

    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.”

  16. 2 Kings 22:4 שֹׁמְרֵ֥י

    “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.

  17. 2 Kings 22:14 שֹׁמֵ֣ר

    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.

  18. 2 Kings 23:3 וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר

    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.

  19. 2 Kings 23:4 שֹׁמְרֵ֣י

    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.

  20. 2 Kings 25:18 שֹׁמְרֵ֥י

    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

  21. 1 Chronicles 9:19 שֹׁמְרֵ֥ישֹׁמְרֵ֖י

    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.

  22. 1 Chronicles 10:13 שָׁמָ֑ר

    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,

  23. 1 Chronicles 12:29 שֹׁמְרִ֕ים

    From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

  24. 1 Chronicles 22:12 וְלִשְׁמ֕וֹר

    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.

  25. 1 Chronicles 22:13 תִּשְׁמ֗וֹר

    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.

  26. 1 Chronicles 23:32 וְשָׁמְר֞וּ

    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.

  27. 1 Chronicles 28:8 שִׁמְר֣וּ

    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.

  28. 1 Chronicles 29:18 שֳׁמְרָה־

    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.

  29. 1 Chronicles 29:19 לִשְׁמוֹר֙

    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.”

  30. 2 Chronicles 5:11 לִשְׁמ֥וֹר

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

  31. 2 Chronicles 6:14 שֹׁמֵ֤ר

    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.

  32. 2 Chronicles 6:15 שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ

    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.

  33. 2 Chronicles 6:16 שְׁ֠מֹריִשְׁמְר֨וּ

    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.’

  34. 2 Chronicles 7:17 תִּשְׁמֽוֹר׃

    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,

  35. 2 Chronicles 12:10 הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים

    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.

  36. 2 Chronicles 13:11 שֹׁמְרִ֣ים

    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.

  37. 2 Chronicles 19:7 שִׁמְר֣וּ

    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.”

  38. 2 Chronicles 23:6 יִשְׁמְר֖וּ

    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.

  39. 2 Chronicles 33:8 יִשְׁמְר֣וּ

    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.”

  40. 2 Chronicles 34:9 שֹׁמְרֵ֨י

    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.

  41. 2 Chronicles 34:21 שָׁמְר֤וּ

    “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.”

  42. 2 Chronicles 34:22 שׁוֹמֵ֣ר

    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.

  43. 2 Chronicles 34:31 וְלִשְׁמ֤וֹר

    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.

  44. Ezra 8:29 וְשִׁמְר֗וּ

    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.”

  45. Nehemiah 1:5 שֹׁמֵ֤רוּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י

    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,

  46. Nehemiah 1:7 שָׁמַ֣רְנוּ

    We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

  47. Nehemiah 1:9 וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙

    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.’

  48. Nehemiah 2:8 שֹׁמֵ֨ר

    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.

  49. Nehemiah 3:29 שֹׁמֵ֖ר

    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.

  50. Nehemiah 9:32 שׁוֹמֵ֣ר

    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.

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