KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense or past-participial form of watch. Remained awake, observed, guarded, kept watch, or watched for.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Jeremiah 20:10
Complete exact-word concordance
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
And they watched him, and sent foorth spies, which should faine themselues iust men, that they might take holde of his words, that so they might deliuer him vnto the power and authoritie of the gouernour.
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
But their laying awaite was knowen of Saul: and they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
1611 marginal note2.Cor. 11.32.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Guarded; observed with steady vigilance.
