H8104 שָׁמַר
shâmar — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly…
Occurs 469 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁמַר 465 vb. keep, watch, preserve
- Qal 425
- a keep, have charge of
- b keep, guard, captives
- c hence, watch for, wait for
- d watch, observe
- a keep, retain, of storing up (food)
- b keep within bounds, restrain
- a observe, celebrate
- b keep sabbath
- c of other obligations
- d observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)
- 4 sts. י׳ subj.
- 5 keep, reserve, weeks of harvest
- Niph. 36
- 1 be on one's guard
- 2 keep oneself, refrain, abstain
- 3 be kept, guarded
- Pi. those paying regard to false vanities
- Hithp. I kept myself from
Where it occurs
- Genesis 2:15 — The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
- Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned…
- Genesis 4:9 — The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
- Genesis 17:9 — God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their…
- Genesis 17:10 — This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall…
- Genesis 18:19 — For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the…
- Genesis 24:6 — Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
- Genesis 26:5 — because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
- Genesis 28:15 — Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not…
- Genesis 28:20 — Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to…