Mishmaat מִשְׁמַ֫עַת
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| מִשְׁמַ֫עַת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mishmaat |
| Strong's number | H4928 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | guard |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (1) |
Mishmaat (Hebrew מִשְׁמַ֫עַת, Strong's H4928) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “guard”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) subjects, body of subjects, bodyguard, listeners, obedient ones
1a) bodyguard
1b) subjects
1a) bodyguard
1b) subjects
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | guard (2), bidding (1), obey (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his guard (2), your bodyguard (1), will be subject to them (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mishmaat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 11:25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 11:14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).