שָׁמַר shâmar

Meaning

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

In the King James Version: 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).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 2 Chronicles 34:21 “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.”
• 2 Chronicles 34:22 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.
• 2 Chronicles 34:31 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 the covenant that were written in this book.
• Ezra 8:29 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.”
• Nehemiah 1:5 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,
• Nehemiah 1:7 We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
• Nehemiah 1:9 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.’
• Nehemiah 2:8 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.
• Nehemiah 3:29 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.
• Nehemiah 9:32 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.
• Nehemiah 10:29 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 obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
• Nehemiah 11:19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
• Nehemiah 12:25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
• Nehemiah 12:45 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.
• Nehemiah 13:22 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.
• Esther 2:3 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.
• Esther 2:8 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.
• Esther 2:14 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.
• Esther 2:15 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.
• Esther 2:21 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.
• Esther 6:2 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.
• Job 2:6 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
• Job 10:12 You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
• Job 10:14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
• Job 13:27 You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 14:16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
• Job 22:15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
• Job 23:11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
• Job 24:15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
• Job 29:2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
• Job 33:11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
• Job 36:21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
• Job 39:1 “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
• Psalms 12:7 You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
• Psalms 16:1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
• Psalms 17:4 As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
• Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
• Psalms 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
• Psalms 18:23 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
• Psalms 19:11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
• Psalms 25:20 Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
• Psalms 31:6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
• Psalms 34:20 He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
• Psalms 37:28 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.
• Psalms 37:34 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.
• Psalms 37:37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
• Psalms 39:1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 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.”
• Psalms 41:2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
• Psalms 56:6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Psalms 59:9 I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
• Psalms 71:10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
• Psalms 78:10 They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
• Psalms 78:56 But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
• Psalms 86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
• Psalms 89:28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
• Psalms 89:31 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
• Psalms 91:11 For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
• Psalms 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
• Psalms 99:7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
• Psalms 103:18 to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.