1 Samuel 14:16
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
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Micah 7:4
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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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: 1 Samuel 14:16Strong's last: Micah 7:4
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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: Song of Solomon 3:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:12
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nâtsar · naw-tsar'
3 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 17:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:6
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H6822
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
H5341
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
H8104
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.
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