- Original: משׁמר - Transliteration: Mishmar - Phonetic: mish-mawr' - Definition: 1. place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance a. jail, prison, guard-house b. guard, guard post, act of guarding c. observances - Origin: from H8104 - TWOT entry: 2414f - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H8104 ; a guard (the man the post or the prison); figuratively a deposit; also (as observed) a usage (abstractly) or an example (concretely): - diligence guard office prison ward watch. Total KJV Occurrences: 22 • diligence, 1 Proverbs 4:23 • guard, 3 Nehemiah 4:22; Nehemiah 4:23; Ezekiel 38:7 • offices, 1 Nehemiah 13:14 • prison, 1 Genesis 42:19 • ward, 12 Genesis 40:3; Genesis 40:4; Genesis 40:7; Genesis 41:10; Genesis 42:17; Leviticus 24:12; Numbers 15:34; 1 Chronicles 26:16(2); Nehemiah 12:24(2); Nehemiah 12:25 • watch, 4 Nehemiah 4:9; Nehemiah 7:3; Job 7:12; Jeremiah 51:12