שָׁמַר (shamar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning keep. It appears
469 times
in 31 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8104).
Also rendered
obey
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2414)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2414)keep, watch, preserve; have charge of, guard, watch for, wait for, observe, retain, restrain, celebrate, reserve; be on one's guard, keep oneself, refrain, abstain, be kept, guarded; those paying regard to false vanities; hedge…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁמַרverb: keep, watch, preserve
Qal
1.
a.keep, have charge of
b.keep, guard, captives
c.hence, watch for, wait for
d.watch, observe
2.
a.keep, retain, of storing up (food)
b.keep within bounds, restrain
3.
a.observe, celebrate
b.keep sabbath
c.of other obligations
d.observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)
5.keep, reserve, weeks of harvest
Niphal
1.be on one's guard
2.keep oneself, refrain, abstain
3.be kept, guarded
Pielthose paying regard to false vanities
Strong's H8104שָׁמַר: 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).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.