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Strong's H8104 · Hebrew

shamar

shaw-mar'

a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.


Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H8104

H8104 שָׁמַר keep , watch , preserve . . . keep , have charge of . keep , guard , captives . hence, watch for , wait for . watch , observe . . keep , retain , of storing up (food) . keep within bounds, restrain . . observe , celebrate . keep sabbath . of other obligations . observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom) . sts. י׳ subj. . keep , reserve , weeks of harvest . . be on one's guard . keep oneself , refrain , abstain . be kept , guarded . those paying regard to false vanities . I kept myself from

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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