Strong's Concordance
Original word: שָׁקַד
Transliteration: shaqad
Definition (short): watching
Definition (full): to be alert, sleepless, to be on the lookout
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to watch, wake
NASB Translation: intent on doing (1), keep watch (1), keeps awake (1), kept the in store (1), lie awake (1), watch (2), watched (1), watching (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to be alert, i.e. Sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill) -- hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
References
KJV:
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
NASB:
"Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers' households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD."
KJV:
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
NASB:
"While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb.
KJV:
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
NASB:
I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
KJV:
{A Song of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
NASB:
A Song of Ascents, of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.