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H8104Hebrew

שָׁמַר

Definition and meaning

shamar (shaw-mar') v. 1. (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard 2. (generally) to protect, attend to, etc [a primitive root] 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).

Tagged KJV passages

440 matching verses - 468.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Matched English: preserveth
Proverbs 19:8

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Matched English: keepeth
Proverbs 19:16

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Matched English: keepeth, keepeth
Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Matched English: keepeth, keepeth
Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Matched English: keep
Proverbs 22:18

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Matched English: keep
Proverbs 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Matched English: waiteth
Proverbs 28:4

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Matched English: keep
Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Matched English: keepeth
Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Matched English: keep
Ecclesiastes 5:1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Matched English: Keep
Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Matched English: regardeth
Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Matched English: kept
Ecclesiastes 8:2

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Matched English: keep
Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Matched English: keepeth
Ecclesiastes 11:4

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Matched English: observeth
Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Matched English: keepers
Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Matched English: keep
Song of Solomon 3:3

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

Matched English: watchmen
Song of Solomon 5:7

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Matched English: watchmen, keepers
Isaiah 7:4

And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Matched English: heed
Isaiah 21:11

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Matched English: Watchman, Watchman
Isaiah 21:12

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

Matched English: watchman
Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Matched English: keepeth