Strong's Concordance H4931

Original Word: מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Transliteration: mishmereth
Phonetic Spelling: mish-mer'-reth
feminine of H4929; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party; charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

Usages throughout the bible

2 Chronicles 23:6 - But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch H4931 of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:16 - Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges H4931 according to their courses;

2 Chronicles 31:17 - Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges H4931 by their courses;

2 Chronicles 35:2 - And he set the priests in their charges, H4931 and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

Nehemiah 7:3 - And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches H4931 of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

Nehemiah 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. H4931

Nehemiah 12:45 - And both the singers and the porters kept the ward H4931 of their God, and the ward H4931 of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Nehemiah 13:30 - Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards H4931 of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

Isaiah 21:8 - And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward H4931 whole nights:

Ezekiel 40:45 - And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge H4931 of the house.

Ezekiel 40:46 - And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge H4931 of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.

Ezekiel 44:8 - And ye have not kept the charge H4931 of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge H4931 in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Ezekiel 44:14 - But I will make them keepers of the charge H4931 of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

Ezekiel 44:15 - But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge H4931 of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

Ezekiel 44:16 - They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. H4931

Ezekiel 48:11 - It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, H4931 which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

Habakkuk 2:1 - I will stand upon my watch, H4931 and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Zechariah 3:7 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, H4931 then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

Malachi 3:14 - Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, H4931 and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?