Strong H4928מִשְׁמַ֫עַת

guard

Transliteration: mishma‛ath
Pronunciation: mish-mah'-ath
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of H4926; {audience} that {is} the royal court; also {obedience} that {is} (concretely) a subject: - {bidding} {guard} obey.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: guard

Exact lexical definition: obedient band

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: [ מִשְׁמַ֫עַת ] n.f . obedient band , body of subjects prob. = body-guard , as esp. bound to obedience the sons of Ammon (shall be) their subjects

In the Bible

Strong H4928 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

guard2
bidding1
obey1

First verses

1 Samuel 22:14
Then 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?
2 Samuel 23:23
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
1 Chronicles 11:25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
Isaiah 11:14
But 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.