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Strong’s Concordance H4931
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
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- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- mishmereth
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4931
- Brief meaning
- Watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post, obj. preservation
- Source renderings
- charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch
- Root word
- mish-mer'-reth fem. of 4929
- Full definition from the source
- Watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party. Root word: mish-mer'-reth fem. of 4929.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H4929
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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04931\ 4931 mishmereth mish-mer'-reth fem. of 4929; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party:--charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch. see HEBREW for 04929