Watch
אַשְׁמוּרָהStrong’s H0821ashmurah (ash-mu-rah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashmurah is the Hebrew word usually translated “watch of”, “night-watches” and “watch”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And 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,”
Meaning
- Watch (a period of time), night-watch
How it's translated
- in watch of 2
- night-watches 2
- the watch 1
- in night-watches 1
- and a watch 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Exodus 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- Lamentations 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
- Psalms 90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
- Psalms 119:148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אַשְׁמוּרָה ashmurah · watch
watch (a period of time), night-watch
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “watch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WATCH, noun
[It is from the same root as wake, which see.]
- Forbearance of sleep.
- Attendance without sleep.
- Attention; close observation.
- Guard; vigilance for keeping or protecting against danger.
All definitions and other forms of “watch”
- A watchman, or watchmen; men set for a guard, either one person or more, set to espy the approach of an enemy or other danger, and to give an alarm or notice of such danger; a sentinel; a guard.“Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can” Matthew 27:65
- The place where a guard is kept.
- Post or office of a watchman.
- A period of the night, in which one person or one set of persons stand as sentinels; or the time from one relief of sentinels to another. Exodus 14:24Matthew 14:25Luke 12:38
- A small time piece or chronometer, to be carried in the pocket or about the person, in which the machinery is moved by a spring.
- At sea, the space of time during which one set or division of the crew remain on deck to perform the necessary duties.
WATCH, verb intransitive
- To be awake; to be or continue without sleep.
- To be attentive; to look with attention or steadiness. watch and see when the man passes.
- To look with expectation.“My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning” Psalms 130:6
- To keep guard; to act as sentinel; to look for danger.
- To be attentive; to be vigilant in preparation for an event or trial, the time of whose arrival is uncertain.
- To be insidiously attentive; as, to watch for an opportunity to injure another.
- To attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
WATCH, verb transitive
- To guard; to have in keeping.
- To observe in ambush; to lie in wait for.“Saul also sent messengers to Davids house to watch him, and to slay him” 1 Samuel 19:11
- To tend; to guard.
- To observe in order to detect or prevent, or for some particular purpose; as, to watch a suspected person; to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.