Words the Bible translates as duty
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
+2 more meanings
- a watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
- something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
- anēkōἀνήκωit is fitting: what is proper, becoming, or one's plain duty to do
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