Ashmurah אַשְׁמוּרָה
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| אַשְׁמוּרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ashmurah |
| Strong's number | H821 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | watch |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Ashmurah (Hebrew אַשְׁמוּרָה, Strong's H821) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “watch”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
watch (a period of time), night-watch
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | watch (4), watches (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | watch (4), through the watches of the night (1), watches of night (1), watch of the night (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ashmurah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 14:24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
Judges
- Judges 7:19So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 11:11And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
Psalms
- Psalm 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
- Psalm 90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- Psalm 119:148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
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).