(prop. מַשְׁמָר or מַשְׁמֶרֶת, φυλακή; occasionally סוּגִר [Ezekiel 19:9], or פְּקֻדָה [Ezekiel 9:1; Ezekiel 9:11], custody ["oversight," etc.]), a prison (q.v.) or an apartment thereof (Genesis 40:3; Acts 12:10); also a watch-post at the gates of the Temple (Nehemiah 12:25; 1 Chronicles 9:23). This term is likewise used to designate a class or detachment of priests or Levites (1 Chronicles 25:8; Nehemiah 12:24; Nehemiah 13:30).