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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Watch

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

61exact KJV occurrences 31Old Testament 30New Testament 26books containing the word 12mapped Strong's IDs 58occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where watch appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

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 2 Timothy 11 verses Hebrews 11 verses 1 Peter 11 verses Revelation 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG5438
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

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HebrewH4931
מִשְׁמֶרֶת

mishmereth · mish-mer'-reth

5 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 11:5Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:1

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HebrewH8104
שָׁמַר

shâmar · shaw-mar'

5 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG2892
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

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GreekG3525
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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Timothy 4:5Strong's last: 1 Peter 4:7

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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61 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Jeremiah 31:28
no direct Strong's tag

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 44:27
H8245

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

Jeremiah 51:12
H4929

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Nahum 2:1
H6822

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

Habakkuk 2:1
H4931

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Habakkuk 2:1
H6822

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Matthew 14:25
G5438

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

Matthew 24:42
G1127

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Matthew 24:43
G5438

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Matthew 25:13
G1127

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 26:38
G1127

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Matthew 26:40
G1127

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Matthew 26:41
G1127

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Matthew 27:65
G2892

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

Matthew 27:66
G2892

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Matthew 28:11
G2892

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

Mark 6:48
G5438

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Mark 13:33
G69

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Mark 13:34
G1127

For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Mark 13:35
G1127

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

Mark 13:37
G1127

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Mark 14:34
G1127

And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

Mark 14:37
G1127

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

Mark 14:38
G1127

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 2:8
G5438

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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