שָׁמַר

hebrewOld TestamentVerb469 occurrences31 books440 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Traditional renderings: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁמַר:

φυλάσσωphulassō“to keep/guard: observe”81%
προσέχωprosechō“to watch out”5%
διαφυλάσσωdiaphulassō“to protect”4%
τηρέωtēreō“to keep: observe”3%
διατηρέωdiatēreō“to keep”2%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

469 total

Deuteronomy 8:1תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן · You must carefully
You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:2הֲתִשְׁמֹ֥ר · you would keep
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
Deuteronomy 8:6וְשָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔ · Therefore you shall keep
Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
Deuteronomy 8:11הִשָּׁ֣מֶר · Be careful; שְׁמֹ֤ר · to keep
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Deuteronomy 10:13לִשְׁמֹ֞ר · [and] to keep
…and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
Deuteronomy 11:1וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ · keep
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
Deuteronomy 11:8וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ · You shall therefore keep
You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
Deuteronomy 11:16הִשָּֽׁמְר֣וּ · But be careful
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
Deuteronomy 11:22שָׁמֹ֨ר · you carefully keep; תִּשְׁמְר֜וּן
For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
Deuteronomy 11:32וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם · be careful
…be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
Deuteronomy 12:1תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן · you must be careful
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
Deuteronomy 12:13הִשָּׁ֣מֶר · Be careful
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
Deuteronomy 12:19הִשָּׁ֣מֶר · and be careful
…and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Deuteronomy 12:28שְׁמֹ֣ר · Be careful
Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 12:30הִשָּׁ֣מֶר · be careful
…be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
Deuteronomy 12:32תִשְׁמְר֖וּ · See that you do
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Deuteronomy 13:4תִּשְׁמֹ֙רוּ֙ · Keep
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Deuteronomy 13:18לִשְׁמֹר֙ · keeping
…because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 15:5לִשְׁמֹ֤ר · and are careful
…if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 15:9הִשָּׁ֣מֶר · Be careful
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Deuteronomy 16:1שָׁמוֹר֙ · Observe
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 16:12וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ · and carefully
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
Deuteronomy 17:10וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ · Be careful
You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
Deuteronomy 17:19לִ֠שְׁמֹר · by carefully observing
It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
Deuteronomy 19:9תִשְׁמֹר֩ · you carefully keep
…and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
Deuteronomy 23:9וְנִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ · then you shall keep yourself
When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
Deuteronomy 23:23תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר · Be careful
Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
Deuteronomy 24:8הִשָּׁ֧מֶר · be careful; לִשְׁמֹ֥ר · to diligently; תִּשְׁמְר֥וּ · Be careful
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
Deuteronomy 26:16וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤ · You must be careful
The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 26:17וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר · keep
Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Deuteronomy 26:18וְלִשְׁמֹ֖ר · that you are to keep
And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
Deuteronomy 27:1שָׁמֹר֙ · Keep
Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 28:1לִשְׁמֹ֤ר · and are careful
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:9תִשְׁמֹ֗ר · you keep
The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Deuteronomy 28:13לִשְׁמֹ֥ר · and carefully
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 28:15לִשְׁמֹ֤ר · by carefully
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Deuteronomy 28:45לִשְׁמֹ֛ר · and keep
All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
Deuteronomy 28:58תִשְׁמֹ֜ר · careful
If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
Deuteronomy 29:9וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗ם · So keep
So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
Deuteronomy 30:10לִשְׁמֹ֤ר · by keeping
…if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:16וְלִשְׁמֹ֛ר · and to keep
For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 31:12וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּ · carefully
Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 32:46לִשְׁמֹ֣ר · to carefully
…he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 33:9שָֽׁמְרוּ֙ · he kept
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
Joshua 1:7לִשְׁמֹ֤ר · Be careful
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
Joshua 1:8תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר · you may be careful
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.