Hebrew - English Dictionary
H8104 - Wait
| Strong's No.: | H8104 |
| Hebrew: | שָׁמַר |
| Transliteration: | shâmar |
| Phonetic: | shaw-mar' |
| Word Origin: | A primitive root |
| Bible Usage: | {beware} 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). |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 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 1a b. watch, watchman (participle) 1. to watch for, wait for 2. to watch, observe 3. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 4. to keep (within bounds), restrain 5. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 6. to keep, preserve, protect 7. to keep, reserve c. (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 d. (Piel) to keep, pay heed e. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
| Bible References:
Wait |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
Beware ( 8 )
circumspect ( 1 )
for ( 1 )
heed ( 32 )
himself ( 1 )
in ( 2 )
keep ( 183 )
keeper ( 13 )
keepers ( 14 )
keepest ( 3 )
keepeth ( 19 )
keeping ( 7 )
kept ( 64 )
mark ( 4 )
marked ( 2 )
markest ( 1 )
marketh ( 1 )
myself ( 2 )
narrowly ( 1 )
none ( 1 )
observe ( 41 )
observed ( 3 )
observest ( 1 )
observeth ( 1 )
on ( 1 )
Preserve ( 9 )
preserved ( 6 )
preserveth ( 6 )
regard ( 2 )
regardeth ( 3 )
reserveth ( 1 )
save ( 1 )
spies ( 1 )
sure ( 1 )
thee ( 1 )
themselves ( 1 )
therefore ( 1 )
thyself ( 1 )
to ( 1 )
upon ( 1 )
wait ( 2 )
waiteth ( 2 )
waiting ( 1 )
watch ( 4 )
watched ( 2 )
Watchman ( 4 )
watchmen ( 4 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.