Strong's H8104 – שָׁמַר shamar (shaw-mar')

1. (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard 2. (generally) to protect, attend to, watch (over), observe, keep, etc [a primitive root]

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שָׁמַר occurs 469 times in the Old Testament

1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

שֹׁמֵ֧ר — Occurs 41 times as — Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 146:32
לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ — Occurs 40 times as — Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct — e.g. Psalms 119:106
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ — Occurs 25 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural — e.g. Numbers 31:37
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ — Occurs 20 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular — e.g. Zechariah 130:58
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י — Occurs 19 times as — Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct — e.g. Song of Solomon 106:47
הִשָּֽׁמֶר־ — Occurs 18 times as — Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular — e.g. Job 36:30
תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ — Occurs 17 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural — e.g. Numbers 36:32
יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃ — Occurs 16 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 132:45
וְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃ — Occurs 15 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural — e.g. Numbers 44:53
שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ — Occurs 15 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural — e.g. Psalms 119:158
שְׁמֹֽר׃ — Occurs 15 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 37:39
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛ — Occurs 12 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular — e.g. Exodus 26:40
שָׁמָֽר׃ — Occurs 10 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular — e.g. Hosea 37:34
שֹֽׁמְרִים֙ — Occurs 10 times as — Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 130:38
וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר — Occurs 10 times as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct — e.g. Nehemiah 34:61
הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים — Occurs 9 times as — Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural — e.g. Zechariah 31:27
שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ — Occurs 8 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular — e.g. 2 Chronicles 26:43
יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ — Occurs 8 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 127:24
שִׁמְרוּ־ — Occurs 7 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural — e.g. Joshua 56:19
שָׁמָֽרְתִּי׃ — Occurs 7 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 119:168
וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י — Occurs 6 times as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct — e.g. Psalms 119:63
שֹׁמֵ֖ר — Occurs 5 times as — Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct — e.g. Nehemiah 35:29
וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה — Occurs 5 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 119:146
וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר — Occurs 5 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular — e.g. Proverbs 56:18
תִּשְׁמְר֔וּן — Occurs 5 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun — e.g. Deuteronomy 17:37
שָׁמֹ֨ר — Occurs 5 times as — Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute — e.g. Deuteronomy 27:22
וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם — Occurs 5 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural — e.g. Malachi 23:16
הִשָּׁמְר֥וּ — Occurs 5 times as — Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural — e.g. Jeremiah 19:23
אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר — Occurs 4 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 119:101
שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי — Occurs 4 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 141:9
שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם — Occurs 4 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural — e.g. Malachi 44:16
לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖ — Occurs 4 times as — Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 91:24
שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה — Occurs 3 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular — e.g. Psalms 119:167
וְשֹׁ֣מְרֵ֔י — Occurs 3 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct — e.g. Psalms 71:10
יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּ — Occurs 3 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 41:36
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ — Occurs 3 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular — e.g. Proverbs 13:22
שֳׁמְרָה־ — Occurs 3 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular — e.g. Psalms 86:20
אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה — Occurs 3 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular — e.g. Psalms 59:9
וְשָׁמַר֩ — Occurs 3 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular — e.g. Proverbs 18:26
וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ — Occurs 3 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular — e.g. Genesis 30:23
וְשִׁמְרוּ֙ — Occurs 2 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural — e.g. Ezra 17:29
תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם — Occurs 2 times as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 22:18
מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֣י — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct — e.g. Esther 6:21
וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֞וּ — Occurs 2 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural — e.g. Psalms 59:45
שָׁמַ֣רְנוּ — Occurs 2 times as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural — e.g. Nehemiah 3:14
לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י — Occurs 2 times as — Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct — e.g. Psalms 103:18
וּשְׁמֹ֨ר — Occurs 2 times as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 37:34
שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ — Occurs 2 times as — Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular — e.g. Psalms 121:5
נִשְׁמָֽר׃ — Occurs 2 times as — Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular — e.g. Hosea 20:13
נִשְׁמְר֥וּ — Occurs 2 times as — Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural — e.g. Psalms 37:28
שָֽׁמוּר־ — Occurs 2 times as — Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular — e.g. Ecclesiastes 9:24
וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular — Proverbs 4:6
ל֣וֹ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition | third person masculine singular — Psalms 89:28
וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular — Deuteronomy 7:8
וְיִשְׁמָר־ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular — Psalms 107:43
וּשְׁמַרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular — Genesis 28:15
וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person feminine singular — Psalms 119:34
וָֽ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular — Psalms 119:55
נִשְׁמֹ֨ר — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural — Deuteronomy 6:25
יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular — Psalms 121:7
מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural — Psalms 130:6
הַשֹּׁמֵ֖ר — Occurs 1 time as — Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular — Psalms 146:6
בְּ֝שָׁמְרָ֗ם — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural — Psalms 19:11
שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗ם — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural — Proverbs 4:21
וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct — Deuteronomy 5:29
תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural — Proverbs 14:3
כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct — Jeremiah 4:17
וּשְׁמָר֖וֹ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular — Jeremiah 31:10
וַֽתִּשְׁמְרוּ֙ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural — Jeremiah 35:18
וְיִשְׁמְר֞וּ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural — Ezekiel 43:11
שְׁמָ֥רָה — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular — Amos 1:11
מְשַׁמְּרִ֖ים — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural — Jonah 2:8
וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular — Micah 6:16
תִּשָּׁמֵֽר׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular — Judges 13:13
אֶשְׁמֹֽר׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular — Genesis 30:31
בִּשְׁמ֥וֹר — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct — 2 Samuel 11:16
לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular — 1 Samuel 19:11
וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular — 2 Samuel 22:24
תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular — 2 Samuel 22:44
וּשְׁמֻרָ֔ה — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular — 2 Samuel 23:5
וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular — Genesis 28:20
וַתִּשְׁמָר־ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular — 1 Kings 3:6
וְנִשְׁמַ֣ר — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular — 2 Kings 6:10
וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular — Genesis 2:15
שְׁמֹ֤ר — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct — Deuteronomy 8:11
הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular — Judges 13:4
תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural — Exodus 23:13
וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural — Joshua 24:17
לְשָׁמְרָֽם׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural — Joshua 10:18
וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular — Job 10:14
וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular — Job 13:27
יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ — Occurs 1 time as — Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular — Job 29:2
וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ס — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular — Numbers 6:24
וְנִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular — Deuteronomy 23:9
וָ֝אֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֗ר — Occurs 1 time as — Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular — Psalms 18:23