2 Samuel 18:24
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
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Watchman
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Hosea 9:8
The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
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צָפָה
tsâphâh · tsaw-faw'
14 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: 2 Samuel 18:24Strong's last: Hosea 9:8
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shâmar · shaw-mar'
4 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: Psalms 127:1Strong's last: Isaiah 21:12
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H6822
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
H6822
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
H6822
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
H6822
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
H6822
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
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watchman
WATCHMAN, noun [watch and man.] A sentinel; a guard.
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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