H4929
מִשְׁמָר
custody
1) place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance 1a) jail, prison, guard-house 1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding 1c) observances
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
מִשְׁמָר noun [masculine] place of confinement, goal, prison; late, guard, watch, observance; — absolute ׳מ Gen 42:17 +; construct מִשְׁמַר Gen 40:3 +; suffix מִשְׁמָרוֺ Neh 7:3, etc.; plural suffix רָיו- Neh 13:14 —
1. goal, prison, בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים ׳מ Gen 40:3, compare vGen 40:4 (absolute), vGen 40:7; Gen 41:10; Gen 42:17 (absolute), + vGen 42:30 (ᵐ5), בֵּית מִשְׁמַרְכֶם vGen 42:19 (all E); guard-house in camp Lev 24:12 (H), Num 15:34 (P).
2. guard, Jer 51:12; Neh 4:3; Neh 4:16, ׳אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ v.Neh 4:17 guard&-post Neh 7:3 figurative of ׳י setting a guard, ׳כִּי תָשִׂים עָלַימ Job 7:12 band of (Levitical) guards or functionaries 1Chr 26:16; Neh 12:24 (compare מִשְׁמֶרֶת); act of guarding, ׳מִכָּלמֿ Prov 4:23 above all guarding watch thy heart. — ׳לְמ Ezek 38:7 is doubtful, Hi Co Toy and others reserve; Krae לְמשֵׁל.
3. plural observances, services, of temple Neh 13:14.
14 occurrences
Genesis (5), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), I Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (4), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1)