Hebrew word

shâmar

shaw-mar'

שָׁמַר

What it means

properly, to hedge about, i.e. guard

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

keep180
kept69
observe40
heed33
keepeth19
keepers15
keeper12
beware8

Every place it appears 453

Genesis3:24 17:9 17:10 18:19 24:6 26:5 28:15 28:20 30:31 31:24 31:29 37:11 41:35

Exodus10:28 12:17 12:24 12:25 13:10 15:26 16:28 19:5 19:12 20:6 21:29 21:36 22:7 22:10 23:13 23:15 23:20 23:21 31:13 31:14 31:16 34:11 34:12 34:18

Leviticus8:35 18:4 18:5 18:26 18:30 19:3 19:19 19:30 19:37 20:8 20:22 22:9 22:31 25:18 26:2 26:3

Numbers1:53 3:7 3:8 3:10 3:28 3:32 3:38 8:26 9:19 9:23 18:3 18:4 18:5 18:7 23:12 28:2 31:30 31:47

Deuteronomy4:2 4:6 4:9 4:15 4:23 4:40 5:1 5:10 5:12 5:29 5:32 6:2 6:3 6:12 6:17 6:25 7:8 7:9 7:11 7:12 8:1 8:2 8:6 8:11 10:13 11:1 11:8 11:16 11:22 11:32 12:1 12:13 12:19 12:28 12:30 12:32 13:4 13:18 15:5 15:9 16:1 16:12 17:10 17:19 19:9 23:9 23:23 24:8 26:16 26:17 26:18 27:1 28:1 28:9 28:13 28:15 28:45 28:58 29:9 30:10 30:16 31:12 32:46 33:9

Joshua1:7 1:8 6:18 22:2 22:3 22:5 23:6 23:11 24:17

Judges1:24 2:22 7:19 13:4

1 Samuel1:12 2:9 7:1 9:24 13:13 13:14 17:20 17:22 19:2 19:11 21:4 25:21 26:15 26:16 28:2 30:23

2 Samuel11:16 15:16 16:21 18:12 20:3 20:10 22:22 22:24 22:44 23:5

1 Kings2:3 2:4 2:43 3:6 3:14 6:12 8:23 8:24 8:25 8:58 8:61 9:4 9:6 11:10 11:11 11:34 11:38 13:21 14:8 14:27 20:39

2 Kings6:9 6:10 9:14 10:31 11:5 11:6 11:7 12:9 17:13 17:19 17:37 18:6 21:8 22:4 22:14 23:3 23:4 25:18

1 Chronicles9:19 10:13 12:29 22:12 22:13 23:32 28:8 29:18 29:19

2 Chronicles5:11 6:14 6:15 6:16 7:17 12:10 13:11 19:7 23:6 33:8 34:9 34:21 34:22 34:31

Ezra8:29

Nehemiah1:5 1:7 1:9 2:8 3:29 9:32 10:29 11:19 12:25 12:45 13:22

Esther2:3 2:8 2:14 2:15 2:21 6:2

Job2:6 10:12 10:14 13:27 14:16 22:15 23:11 24:15 33:11 36:21 39:1

Proverbs2:8 2:11 2:20 3:26 4:4 4:6 4:21 5:2 6:22 6:24 7:1 7:2 7:5 8:32 8:34 10:17 13:3 13:18 15:5 16:17 19:8 19:16 21:23 22:5 22:18 27:18 28:4 29:18

Ecclesiastes3:6 5:1 5:8 5:13 8:2 8:5 11:4 12:3 12:13

Song of Solomon3:3 5:7

Isaiah7:4 21:11 21:12 26:2 42:20 56:1 56:2 56:4 56:6 62:6

Jeremiah3:5 4:17 5:24 8:7 9:4 16:11 17:21 20:10 31:10 35:4 35:18 51:12 52:24

Ezekiel11:20 17:14 18:9 18:19 18:21 20:18 20:19 20:21 36:27 37:24 40:45 40:46 43:11 44:8 44:14 44:15 44:16 44:24 48:11

Daniel9:4

Hosea4:10 12:6

Amos1:11 2:4

Jonah2:8

Micah6:16 7:5

Zechariah3:7 11:11

Malachi2:7 2:9 2:15 2:16 3:7 3:14