Strongs H8104

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שָׁמַר (shâmar) v (shaw-mar')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV: 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).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

Type: root" mod="I
שָׁמַר 465 vb. keep, watch, preserveQal 425keep, have charge ofkeep, guard, captiveshence, watch for, wait forwatch, observekeep, retain, of storing up (food)keep within bounds, restrainobserve, celebratekeep sabbathof other obligationsobserve = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)sts. י׳ subj.keep, reserve, weeks of harvestNiph.36be on one's guardkeep oneself, refrain, abstainbe kept, guardedPi. those paying regard to false vanitiesHithp. I kept myself from {1036}

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