Genesis 31:49
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
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10 occurrences in 10 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
11 verses
Judges
21 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
2 Kings
33 verses
2 Chronicles
22 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Job
22 verses
Psalms
54 verses
Isaiah
22 verses
Jeremiah
44 verses
Nahum
11 verses
Habakkuk
21 verses
Matthew
1010 verses
Mark
88 verses
Luke
43 verses
Acts
11 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
Colossians
11 verses
1 Thessalonians
11 verses
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11 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
Revelation
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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γρηγορεύω
grēgoreúō · gray-gor-yoo'-o
15 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:42Strong's last: Revelation 3:3
Open full G1127 profile →φυλακή
phylakḗ · foo-lak-ay'
6 times translated as this KJV form50 total Strong's occurrences
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 14:25Strong's last: Luke 12:38
Open full G5438 profile →מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mishmereth · mish-mer'-reth
5 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Strong's KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 11:5Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:1
Open full H4931 profile →צָפָה
tsâphâh · tsaw-faw'
5 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Strong's KJV usage: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 31:49Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:1
Open full H6822 profile →שָׁמַר
shâmar · shaw-mar'
5 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: 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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 7:19Strong's last: Psalms 130:6
Open full H8104 profile →שָׁקַד
shâqad · shaw-kad'
5 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
Strong's KJV usage: hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
Strong's first: Ezra 8:29Strong's last: Jeremiah 44:27
Open full H8245 profile →אַשְׁמֻרָה
ʼashmurâh · ash-moo-raw'
4 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
a night watch
Strong's KJV usage: watch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 14:24Strong's last: Psalms 90:4
Open full H821 profile →מִשְׁמָר
mishmâr · mish-mawr'
4 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
Strong's KJV usage: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Nehemiah 4:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:12
Open full H4929 profile →ἀγρυπνέω
agrypnéō · ag-roop-neh'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to be sleepless, i.e. keep awake
Strong's KJV usage: :--watch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 13:33Strong's last: Hebrews 13:17
Open full G69 profile →κουστωδία
koustōdía · koos-to-dee'-ah
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
"custody", i.e. a Roman sentry
Strong's KJV usage: :--watch.
Strong's first: Matthew 27:65Strong's last: Matthew 28:11
Open full G2892 profile →νήφω
nḗphō · nay'-fo
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to abstain from wine (keep sober), i.e. (figuratively) be discreet
Strong's KJV usage: :--be sober, watch.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 4:5Strong's last: 1 Peter 4:7
Open full G3525 profile →שׇׁמְרָה
shomrâh · shom-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
watchfulness
Strong's KJV usage: watch.
Strong's first: Psalms 141:3Strong's last: Psalms 141:3
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G1127
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
English meaning and historical usage.
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watch
WATCH, noun [It is from the same root as wake, which see.]
1. Forbearance of sleep.
2. Attendance without sleep.
All the long night their mournful watch they keep.
3. Attention; close observation. Keep watch of the suspicious man.
4. Guard; vigilance for keeping or protecting against danger.
He kept both watch and ward.
5. A watchman, or watchmen; men set for a guard, either one person or more, set to espy the approach of an enemy or other danger, and to give an alarm or notice of such danger; a sentinel; a guard. He kept a watch at the gate.
Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Matthew 27:65.
6. The place where a guard is kept.
He upbraids I ago, that he made him brave me upon the watch
7. Post or office of a watchman.
As I did stand my watch upon the hill--
8. A period of the night, in which one person or one set of persons stand as sentinels; or the time from one relief of sentinels to another. This period among the Israelites, seems to have been originally four hours, but was afterwards three hours, and there were four watches during the night. Hence we read in Scripture of the morning watch and of the second, third and fourth watch; the evening watch commencing at six oclock, the second at nine, the third at twelve, and the fourth at three in the morning. Exodus 14:24. Matthew 14:25. Luke 12:38.
9. A small time piece or chronometer, to be carried in the pocket or about the person, in which the machinery is moved by a spring.
10. At sea, the space of time during which one set or division of the crew remain on deck to perform the necessary duties. This is different in different nations.
To be on the watch to be looking steadily for some event.
WATCH, verb intransitive
1. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep.
I have two nights watchd with you.
2. To be attentive; to look with attention or steadiness. watch and see when the man passes.
3. To look with expectation.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning. Psalms 130:6.
4. To keep guard; to act as sentinel; to look for danger.
He gave signal to the minister that watchd.
5. To be attentive; to be vigilant in preparation for an event or trial, the time of whose arrival is uncertain.
WATCH therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Mat 24.
6. To be insidiously attentive; as, to watch for an opportunity to injure another.
7. To attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
To watch over, to be cautiously observant of; to inspect, superintend and guard from error and danger. It is our duty constantly to watch over our own conduct and that of our children.
WATCH, verb transitive
1. To guard; to have in keeping.
Flaming ministers watch and tend their charge.
2. To observe in ambush; to lie in wait for.
Saul also sent messengers to Davids house to watch him, and to slay him. 1 Samuel 19:11.
3. To tend; to guard.
Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida.
4. To observe in order to detect or prevent, or for some particular purpose; as, to watch a suspected person; to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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