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. Nehemiah 10:29 וְלִשְׁמ֣וֹר

    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.

  2. Nehemiah 11:19 הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣ים

    And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

  3. Nehemiah 12:25 שֹׁמְרִ֤ים

    Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

  4. Nehemiah 12:45 וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֞וּ

    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.

  5. Nehemiah 13:22 שֹׁמְרִ֣ים

    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.

  6. Esther 2:3 שֹׁמֵ֣ר

    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.

  7. Esther 2:8 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    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.

  8. Esther 2:14 שֹׁמֵ֣ר

    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.

  9. Esther 2:15 שֹׁמֵ֣ר

    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.

  10. Esther 2:21 מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֣י

    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.

  11. Esther 6:2 מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖י

    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.

  12. Job 2:6 שְׁמֹֽר׃

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

  13. Job 10:12 שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה

    You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

  14. Job 10:14 וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי

    If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

  15. Job 13:27 וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר

    You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

  16. Job 14:16 תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר

    For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

  17. Job 22:15 תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר

    Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

  18. Job 23:11 שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי

    My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

  19. Job 24:15 שָׁ֤מְרָֽה

    The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

  20. Job 29:2 יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃

    “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

  21. Job 33:11 יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר

    He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

  22. Job 36:21 הִ֭שָּׁמֶר

    Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

  23. Job 39:1 תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

    “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

  24. Psalms 12:7 תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם

    You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

  25. Psalms 16:1 שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי

    Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

  26. Psalms 17:4 שָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּי

    As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

  27. Psalms 17:8 שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי

    Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

  28. Psalms 18:21 שָׁ֭מַרְתִּי

    For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  29. Psalms 18:23 וָ֝אֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֗ר

    And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

  30. Psalms 19:11 בְּ֝שָׁמְרָ֗ם

    By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

  31. Psalms 25:20 שָׁמְרָ֣ה

    Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.

  32. Psalms 31:6 הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים

    I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

  33. Psalms 34:20 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

  34. Psalms 37:28 נִשְׁמָ֑רוּ

    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.

  35. Psalms 37:34 וּשְׁמֹ֬ר

    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.

  36. Psalms 37:37 שְׁמָר־

    Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

  37. Psalms 39:1 אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣האֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה

    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.”

  38. Psalms 41:2 יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ

    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.

  39. Psalms 56:6 יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ

    They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

  40. Psalms 59:1 וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֥וּ

    Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

  41. Psalms 59:9 אֶשְׁמֹ֑רָה

    I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

  42. Psalms 71:10 וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י

    For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

  43. Psalms 78:10 שָׁ֭מְרוּ

    They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

  44. Psalms 78:56 שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

    But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

  45. Psalms 86:2 שָֽׁמְרָ֣ה

    Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

  46. Psalms 89:28 אֶשְׁמוֹרל֣וֹ

    I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

  47. Psalms 89:31 יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃

    if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

  48. Psalms 91:11 לִ֝שְׁמָרְךָ֗

    For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

  49. Psalms 97:10 שֹׁ֭מֵר

    Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

  50. Psalms 99:7 שָׁמְר֥וּ

    He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

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