KJV dictionary & concordance

ward

Meaning of “ward”

1. Guard, watch, duty, an assigned division, or the place or body keeping watch. 2. Joined to a direction or object, toward or in relation to it. 3. Custody or confinement.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

32 occurrences28 verses17 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 40:3

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Nehemiah 12:24

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And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:24 · retained source text

And the chiefe of the Leuites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Ieshua the sonne of Kadmiel, with their brethren ouer against them, to praise and to giue thankes, according to the commandement of Dauid the man of God, ward ouer against ward.

Nehemiah 12:25

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Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:25 · retained source text

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward, at the thresholds of the gates.

1611 marginal noteOr, treasuries, or assemblies.

Nehemiah 12:45

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And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:45 · retained source text

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandement of Dauid, and of Solomon his sonne.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 24. and 25. chap.

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Definition evidence

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 40:3 1 Chronicles 25:8 Nehemiah 12:45 Acts 12:10 2 Corinthians 1:12 Isaiah 21:8 Ezekiel 48:28 Genesis 42:17 1 Samuel 19:4 1 Chronicles 26:16 Ezekiel 19:9 2 Corinthians 13:3 2 Peter 3:9

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Skeat 1893

Open source edition ↗

guard, prison.

printed p. 280; PDF p. 300; Internet Archive leaf n299

Skeat 1893

Open source edition ↗

in the phrases to us-ward.

printed p. 280; PDF p. 300; Internet Archive leaf n299