Topic
Ward
26 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1897–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 40:3Easton · ISBE
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Nehemiah 13:30Easton · ISBE
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
- Isaiah 21:8Easton · ISBE
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
- Genesis 37:36ISBE
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
- Genesis 40:4Easton
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
- Exodus 18:19ISBE
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
- Exodus 37:9ISBE
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- 1 Samuel 19:4ISBE
¶ And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
- 1 Chronicles 9:23ISBE
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
- 1 Chronicles 12:29ISBE
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 25:8ISBE
¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
- 1 Chronicles 26:12ISBE
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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- 1 Chronicles 26:16 ISBE
- Nehemiah 12:24 ISBE
- Nehemiah 12:25 ISBE
- Nehemiah 12:45 ISBE
- Psalms 40:5 ISBE
- Jeremiah 37:13 ISBE
- Ezekiel 19:9 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 3:4 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 13:3 ISBE
- Ephesians 1:19 ISBE
- Ephesians 3:2 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 ISBE
- 2 Peter 3:9 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
A prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 28 references
word: "Ward" and "guard" are two different spellings of the same word, and in consequence no clear line can be drawn between them. English Versions of the Bible, however, has used "guard" only in the sense of "a special body of soldiers" (Ge 37:36, etc.), while "ward" is used, not only in this sense (Jer 37:13; contrast 39:9), but also in a variety of others. So a "ward" may mean "any body of men on special duty," as 1Ch 9:23; the King James Version 1Ch 26:16; Ne 12:24,25 (the Revised Version (British and American) "watch"), or the duty itself, as Isa 21:8; 1Ch 12:29 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "allegiance"); 1Ch 25:8; 26:12 (the Revised Version (British and American) "office," margin "ward"); Ne 12:45; 13:30 (the Revised Version (British and American) "charge"). Or "ward" may mean "guarded place," always in the phrase "put in ward." the Revised Version (British and American) has kept this phrase throughout (Ge 40:3, etc.), changing it only in Eze 19:9, where "cage" better carries out the figure of the context.
The distinction of the older English between "watch" and "ward," as applying respectively to the night and to the day seems unknown in English Versions of the Bible. Compare Isa 21:8.
The affix "-ward," denoting direction and still used in such forms as "toward," "northward," etc., had a much wider range in Biblical English. So, "to God-ward" (Ex 18:19; 2Co 3:4; 1Th 1:8); "to thee-ward" (1Sa 19:4); "to us-ward" (Ps 40:5; Eph 1:19; 2Pe 3:9 the King James Version); "to you-ward" (2Co 1:12; 13:3; Eph 3:2; 2Pe 3:9 the Revised Version (British and American)); and in Ex 37:9, the King James Version "even to the mercy seatward" (the Revised Version (British and American) "toward the mercy-seat").
Burton Scott Easton
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.