4928 - mishmaath

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מִשְׁמַ֫עַת
Transliteration: mishmaath
Definition (short): guard
Definition (full): a pithy maxim, a simile, proverb, speak

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from shama
Definition: an obedient band, body of subjects
NASB Translation: guard (3), subject (1).
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Feminineal sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as a adae, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.

References

Strong's 4928: 4 Occurrences
KJV: Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
NASB: Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?
KJV: He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
NASB: He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.
KJV: Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
NASB: Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three; and David appointed him over his guard.
KJV: But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
NASB: They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; Together they will plunder the sons of the east; They will possess Edom and Moab, And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.