4929 - mishmar

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מִשְׁמָר
Transliteration: mishmar
Definition (short): guard
Definition (full): place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from shamar
Definition: place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance
NASB Translation: confinement (4), custody (2), diligence (1), division (2), guard (8), keeping watch (1), post (1), prison (1), prison* (1), services (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From shamar; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (fig.); also (as observed) a usage (abstr.), or an example (concr.) -- diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.

see HEBREW shamar

References

Strong's 4929: 21 Occurrences
KJV: And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
NASB: So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
KJV: And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
NASB: The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.
KJV: And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
NASB: He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"
KJV: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
NASB: "Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker.
KJV: And he put them all together into ward three days.
NASB: So he put them all together in prison for three days.