1 Samuel 4:13
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
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Watching
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Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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ἀγρυπνέω
agrypnéō · ag-roop-neh'-o
1 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: Ephesians 6:18Strong's last: Ephesians 6:18
Open full G69 profile →γρηγορεύω
grēgoreúō · gray-gor-yoo'-o
1 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: Luke 12:37Strong's last: Luke 12:37
Open full G1127 profile →τηρέω
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 27:54Strong's last: Matthew 27:54
Open full G5083 profile →צָפָה
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: 1 Samuel 4:13Strong's last: 1 Samuel 4:13
Open full H6822 profile →צְפִיָּה
tsᵉphîyâh · tsef-ee-yaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
watchfulness
Strong's KJV usage: watching.
Strong's first: Lamentations 4:17Strong's last: Lamentations 4:17
Open full H6836 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: Proverbs 8:34Strong's last: Proverbs 8:34
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H6822
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
H8245
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
H6836
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.
G5083
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
G1127
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
G69
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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watching
WATCHING, participle present tense Being awake; guarding; attending the sick; carefully observing.
WATCHING, noun Wakefulness; inability to sleep.
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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