Bible Study on “guard”

Meaning of “guard”

  1. Guard — (1.) Heb. tabbah (properly a "cook," and in a secondary sense "executioner," because this office fell to the lot of the cook in Eastern countries), the bodyguard of the kings of Egypt (Gen. 37:36) and Babylon (2 Kings 25:8; Jer. 40:1; Dan. 2:14). (2.) Heb. rats, properly a "courier," one whose office was to run before the king's chariot (2 Sam. 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5). The couriers were also military guards (1 Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25). They were probably the same who under David were called Pelethites (1 Kings 14:27; 2 Sam. 15:1). (3.) Heb. mishmereth, one who watches (Neh. 4:22), or a watch-station (7:3; 12:9; Job 7:12). In the New Testament (Mark 6:27) the Authorized Version renders the Greek _spekulator_ by "executioner," earlier English versions by "hangman," the Revised Version by "soldier of his guard." The word properly means a "pikeman" or "halberdier," of whom the bodyguard of kings and princes was composed. In Matt. 27:65, 66; 28:11, the Authorized Version renders the Greek _kustodia_ by "watch," and the Revised Version by "guard," the Roman guard, which consisted of four soldiers, who were relieved every three hours (Acts 12:4). The "captain of the guard" mentioned Acts 28:16 was the commander of the Praetorian troops, whose duty it was to receive and take charge of all prisoners from the provinces.

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  1. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 36 — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

  2. Genesis Chapter 39 Verse 1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.

  3. Genesis Chapter 40 Verse 4 — And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

  4. Genesis Chapter 40 Verse 3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

  5. Genesis Chapter 41 Verse 12 — And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

  6. Genesis Chapter 41 Verse 10 — Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:

  7. 1 Samuel Chapter 22 Verse 23 — Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

  8. 2 Samuel Chapter 23 Verse 23 — He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

  9. 1 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 28 — And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  10. 1 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 27 — And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

  11. 2 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 25 — And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

  12. 2 Kings Chapter 11 Verse 19 — And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

  13. 2 Kings Chapter 11 Verse 13 — And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

  14. 2 Kings Chapter 11 Verse 11 — And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

  15. 2 Kings Chapter 11 Verse 6 — And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

  16. 2 Kings Chapter 11 Verse 4 — And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

  17. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 20 — And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

  18. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 18 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  19. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 15 — And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

  20. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 12 — But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

  21. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 11 — Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

  22. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 10 — And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

  23. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 8 — And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

  24. 1 Chronicles Chapter 11 Verse 25 — Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

  25. 2 Chronicles Chapter 12 Verse 11 — And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

  26. 2 Chronicles Chapter 12 Verse 10 — Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

  27. Nehemiah Chapter 4 Verse 23 — So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

  28. Nehemiah Chapter 4 Verse 22 — Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

  29. Jeremiah Chapter 39 Verse 13 — So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;

  30. Jeremiah Chapter 39 Verse 11 — Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

  31. Jeremiah Chapter 39 Verse 10 — But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

  32. Jeremiah Chapter 39 Verse 9 — Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

  33. Jeremiah Chapter 40 Verse 5 — Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

  34. Jeremiah Chapter 40 Verse 2 — And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

  35. Jeremiah Chapter 40 Verse 1 — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

  36. Jeremiah Chapter 41 Verse 10 — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

  37. Jeremiah Chapter 43 Verse 6 — Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

  38. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 30 — In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

  39. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 26 — So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

  40. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 24 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  41. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 19 — And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

  42. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 16 — But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

  43. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 15 — Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

  44. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 14 — And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

  45. Jeremiah Chapter 52 Verse 12 — Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

  46. Ezekiel Chapter 38 Verse 7 — Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

  47. Daniel Chapter 2 Verse 14 — Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

  48. Acts Chapter 28 Verse 16 — And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

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