KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:49
Complete exact-word concordance
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eate, drinke: arise yee princes, and anoint the shield.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquitie are cut off:
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Wherfore a lyon out of the forrest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the euenings shall spoile them, a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence shalbe torne in pieces, because their transgressions are many, and their backeslidings are increased.
1611 marginal noteOr, deserts.
1611 marginal noteHeb. are strong.
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.
And it shall come to passe, that like as I haue watched ouer them, to plucke vp and to breake downe, and to throw downe, and to destroy, and to afflict: so will I watch ouer them, to build and to plant, saith the LORD.
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Behold, I will watch ouer them for euill, and not for good, and all the men of Iudah that are in the land of Egypt shalbe consumed by the sword, & by the famin, vntil there be an end of them.
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Set vp the standart vpon the walles of Babylon, make the watch strong: set vp the watchman: prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both deuised and done that, which hee spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
1611 marginal noteHeb. lyers in waite.
HE that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
¶ He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way: make thy loines strong: fortifie thy power mightily.
1611 marginal noteOr, the disperser or hammer.
I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
¶ I will stand vpon my watch, & set mee vpon the towre, and will watch to see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall answere when I am reproued.
1611 marginal noteHeb. fenced place.
1611 marginal noteOr, in me.
1611 marginal noteOr, when I am argued with. Heb. vpon my reproofe or arguing.
1611 marginal noteIsai.21.8.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
And in the fourth watch of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the Sea.
¶ watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
¶ Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come.
1611 marginal noteMark 13.35.
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