Strong's Hebrew · H4931
H4931 mishmereth
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mish-mer'-reth
charge
Looking for Greek G4931 synteléō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4931. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mishmereth appears 77 times in Scripture, including Genesis 26:5 and Exodus 12:6. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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
In the King James Version
charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Derivation
feminine of H4929 (מִשְׁמָר);
Appears 77 times in Scripture
“because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.””
“They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.”
“You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.””
“He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’””
“You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.”
“You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.””
“So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.””
“Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’””
“The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
“They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
