Topic
Watch
11 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 7:19ISBE
¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
- 2 Kings 11:6ISBE
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.
- 2 Kings 11:7ISBE
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
- Nehemiah 4:9ISBE
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
- Psalms 141:3ISBE
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
- Matthew 14:25ISBE
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
- Matthew 27:65ISBE
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
- Matthew 27:66ISBE
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
- Matthew 28:11ISBE
¶ Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
- Mark 6:48ISBE
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
- Luke 2:8ISBE
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
woch ('ashmurah, 'ashmoreth; phulake): A division of the night. The night was originally divided into three watches (Jud 7:19), but later into four, as we find in the New Testament (Mt 14:25; Mr 6:48). We do not know the limits of the watches in the first division, but the middle watch probably began two hours before midnight and ended two hours after. The fourfold division was according to the Roman system, each of which was a fourth part of the night.
See TIME.
"Watch" is also the guard placed on watch (mishmar, Ne 4:9; koustodia, from Latin custodia, Mt 27:65,66; 28:11). It sometimes refers to the act of watching, as in 2Ki 11:6,7 (mishmereth); Lu 2:8 (phulake).
"Watch" is also used figuratively, as in Ps 141:3 for restraint: "Set a watch, O Yahweh, before my mouth" (shomrah).
See WARD.
H. Porter
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (A division of time)
- See NIGHT TIME
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.