Psalms 59:1
<<To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.>> Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
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Watched
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Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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παρατηρέω
paratēréō · par-at-ay-reh'-o
5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to inspect alongside, i.e. note insidiously or scrupulously
Strong's KJV usage: :--observe, watch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 3:2Strong's last: Acts 9:24
Open full G3906 profile →γρηγορεύω
grēgoreúō · gray-gor-yoo'-o
2 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 24:43Strong's last: Luke 12:39
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tēréō · tay-reh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form76 total Strong's occurrences
to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
Strong's KJV usage: :--hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 27:36Strong's last: Matthew 27:36
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tsâphâh · tsaw-faw'
1 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: Lamentations 4:17Strong's last: Lamentations 4:17
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shâmar · shaw-mar'
1 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: Jeremiah 20:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 20:10
Open full H8104 profile →שָׁקַד
shâqad · shaw-kad'
1 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: Daniel 9:14Strong's last: Daniel 9:14
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<<To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.>> Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
H8104
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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.
H6822
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
H8245
Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
G1127
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.
G5083
And sitting down they watched him there;
G3906
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
G3906
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
G1127
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
G3906
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
G3906
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
G3906
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
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watched
WATCHED, participle passive Guarded; observed with steady vigilance.
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