Strong's Hebrew · H8104
H8104 shâmar
שָׁמַר
shaw-mar'
to keep
shâmar appears 469 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:15 and Genesis 3:24. 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
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;
Appears 469 times in Scripture
“So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.”
“because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.””
“This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.”
“Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.”
“Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,”
“Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”
“For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.””
“Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.””
“God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.”
“And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?””
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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).
