Strong's Concordance H8104

Original Word: שָׁמַר
Transliteration: shâmar
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-mar'
a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; 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).

Usages throughout the bible

1 Kings 14:27 - And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept H8104 the door of the king's house.

1 Kings 20:39 - And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep H8104 this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

2 Kings 6:9 - And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware H8104 that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

2 Kings 6:10 - And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved H8104 himself there, not once nor twice.

2 Kings 9:14 - So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept H8104 Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

2 Kings 10:31 - But Jehu took no heed H8104 to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

2 Kings 11:5 - And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers H8104 of the watch of the king's house;

2 Kings 11:6 - And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep H8104 the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

2 Kings 11:7 - And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep H8104 the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

2 Kings 12:9 - But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept H8104 the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 17:13 - Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep H8104 my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

2 Kings 17:19 - Also Judah kept H8104 not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

2 Kings 17:37 - And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe H8104 to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

2 Kings 18:6 - For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept H8104 his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Kings 21:8 - Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe H8104 to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

2 Kings 22:4 - Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers H8104 of the door have gathered of the people:

2 Kings 22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper H8104 of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

2 Kings 23:3 - And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep H8104 his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

2 Kings 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers H8104 of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

2 Kings 25:18 - And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers H8104 of the door:

1 Chronicles 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers H8104 of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers H8104 of the entry.

1 Chronicles 10:13 - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept H8104 not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

1 Chronicles 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept H8104 the ward of the house of Saul.

1 Chronicles 22:12 - Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep H8104 the law of the LORD thy God.

1 Chronicles 22:13 - Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed H8104 to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

1 Chronicles 23:32 - And that they should keep H8104 the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:8 - Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep H8104 and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:18 - O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep H8104 this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

1 Chronicles 29:19 - And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep H8104 thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

2 Chronicles 5:11 - And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait H8104 by course:

2 Chronicles 6:14 - And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest H8104 covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

2 Chronicles 6:15 - Thou which hast kept H8104 with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

2 Chronicles 6:16 - Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep H8104 with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed H8104 to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

2 Chronicles 7:17 - And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe H8104 my statutes and my judgments;

2 Chronicles 12:10 - Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept H8104 the entrance of the king's house.

2 Chronicles 13:11 - And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep H8104 the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 19:7 - Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed H8104 and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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 H8104 the watch of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:8 - Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed H8104 to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

2 Chronicles 34:9 - And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept H8104 the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:21 - Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept H8104 the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

2 Chronicles 34:22 - And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper H8104 of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

2 Chronicles 34:31 - And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep H8104 his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

Ezra 8:29 - Watch ye, and keep H8104 them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

Nehemiah 1:5 - And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth H8104 covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe H8104 his commandments:

Nehemiah 1:7 - We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept H8104 the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Nehemiah 1:9 - But if ye turn unto me, and keep H8104 my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

Nehemiah 2:8 - And a letter unto Asaph the keeper H8104 of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Nehemiah 3:29 - After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper H8104 of the east gate.

Nehemiah 9:32 - Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest H8104 covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.