Lexicon mishmereth: a guard, watch, charge, function Original Word: מִשְׁמָ֫רֶתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: mishmereth Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mer'-reth) Short Definition: charge NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfem. of mishmarDefinitiona guard, watch, charge, function NASB Translationallegiance (1), charge (27), duties (15), duty (2), guard post (2), guard* (1), guards (2), keep (1), keep* (1), kept (5), obligation (4), obligations (4), offices (1), posts (1), safe (1), service (2), service divisions (1), watch (4), worship (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתּ78 noun feminine guard, watch, also charge, function; — ׳מ absolute 2 Samuel 20:3 +, construct 2 Kings 11:5 +; absolute מִשְׁמָ֑רֶת Exodus 16:34; suffix מִשְׁמַרְתִּי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָרוֺת 1 Chronicles 9:23 +; construct מִשְׁמְרוֺת Nehemiah 7:3; suffix רוֺתָם-2Chronicles 7:6 +, תֵיהֶם-2Chronicles 31:17; — 1 guard, watch: ׳בֵּית מ 2 Samuel 20:3 = house of detention, confinement; אַתָּה עִמָּדִי ׳מ 1 Samuel 22:23 i.e. protected, secure; with שָׁמַר keep the watch 2 Kings 11:5,6,7; 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:29); = post of watch (figurative) Isaiah 21:3 ("" מִצְפֶה), Habakkuk 2:1 ("" מָצוֺר); plural = guards Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 9:23. 2 keeping, preserving, ׳וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמ Exodus 12:6 i.e. ye shall keep it; ׳הִנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמ Exodus 16:23; compare Exodus 16:32; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:34; Numbers 19:9 (all P). 3 charge, injunction of ׳י, with שָׁמַר, in General Deuteronomy 11:1 ( + חֻקוֺת, מִשְׁמָּטִים, מִצְוֺת), compare Genesis 26:5; 1 Kings 2:3, and (׳מִצְוַת י ׳מ) Joshua 22:3 (all RD), Malachi 3:14; of specific injunctions Leviticus 18:30; Numbers 9:19,23. 4. a. ceremonial office or function (AV RV usually charge) of priest or Levite (P [especially Numbers], Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 44; Ezekiel 48; Chronicles, Zechariah), mostly with שָׁמַר: מִשְׁכַּן הָלֵדוּת ׳מ Numbers 1:53, ׳מִשְׁכַּן י ׳מ Numbers 31:30,47, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ ׳מ Ezekiel 44:15; Numbers 3:38, אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד ׳מ Numbers 18:4 compare Numbers 18:3, 1 Chronicles 23:32, הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳מ Numbers 3:28,32; Numbers 18:5; 1 Chronicles 23:32, קָדָשַׁי ׳מ (of Israel in General) Ezekiel 44:8, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ ׳מ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י Numbers 18:8, הַבַּיִת ׳מ Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 44:14, הַטָּהֳרָה ׳מ Nehemiah 12:45; with Genitive (suffix) ׳מ ׳שׁ = perform the service imposed by, due to, Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 22:9; Ezekiel 44:8,16; Ezekiel 48:11; Zechariah 3:7, אֱםהֵיהֶם ׳מ Nehemiah 12:45 (of Judah in General); הָעֵדָה ׳מ Numbers 3:7 a, ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ ׳מ Numbers 3:8,38, בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֺן ׳מ Numbers 3:25; compare Numbers 3:7a.,Numbers 3:31,36; Numbers 4:27,28,31,32; Numbers 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; also, in secular sense, בֵּית שָׁאוּל ׳מ 1 Chronicles 12:30; מַשָּׂאָם ׳מ Numbers 4:31, מַשָּׂאָם ׳כְּלֵי מ Numbers 4:32 (Numbers 4:27 read with ᵐ5 Di Gr Gray, etc. בְּשֵׁמוֺת for ׳במ, and perhaps מִשְׁמֶרֶת after אֵת, compare Numbers 4:32); ׳עֲלֵיהֶם מ 1 Chronicles 9:27 i.e. the duty rested upon them; — 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:12 see I. עֻמָה c, d (p. 769 above); עֹמְדִים ׳עַלמֿ2Chronicles 7:6 were standing according to (or in) their offices, ׳הֱעֶמִיד עַל מ appoint to their offices2Chronicles 8:14; 35:2. b. pl. of Levitical divisions for service Nehemiah 12:9. II. שׁמר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew שְׁמָרִים = Biblical Hebrew, also verb denominative; ᵑ7 שִׁמְרָא; meaning of √ and relation (if any) o I. ׳שׁ obscure; compare possibly Arabic  be tawny, dark, in colour, Lane1425a).
Strong's charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinance, safeguard, ward, watch Fem. Of mishmar; watch, i.e. The act (custody), or (concr.) The sentry, the post; obj. Preservation, or (concr.) Safe; fig. Observance, i.e. (abstr.) Duty or (obj.) A usage or party -- charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch. see HEBREW mishmar |
