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keep

Meaning of “keep”

To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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362 occurrences354 verses52 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:15

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Esther 3:8
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¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 3:8 · retained source text

¶ And Haman saide vnto king Ahasuerus: There is a certaine people scattered abroad, and dispersed among the people, in all the prouinces of thy kingdome, and their lawes are diuerse from all people, neither keepe they the kings lawes; therefore it is not for the kings profit to suffer them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. meete or, equall.

Esther 9:21
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To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
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To stablish this among them, that they should keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yeerely:

Esther 9:27
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The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
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1611 witness · Esther 9:27 · retained source text

The Iewes ordeined, and tooke vpon them, and vpon their seed, and vpon all such as ioyned themselues vnto them, so as it should not faile, that they would keepe these two dayes, according to their writing, and according to their appointed time, euery yeere:

1611 marginal noteHebr. passe.

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Where “keep” appears

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Genesis13 occurrences
13 versesExodus25 occurrences
23 versesLeviticus20 occurrences
20 versesNumbers25 occurrences
24 versesDeuteronomy40 occurrences
39 versesJoshua4 occurrences
4 versesJudges3 occurrences
2 versesRuth1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel5 occurrences
5 verses1 Kings12 occurrences
11 verses2 Kings5 occurrences
5 verses1 Chronicles8 occurrences
8 verses2 Chronicles14 occurrences
14 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah3 occurrences
3 versesEsther3 occurrences
3 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms51 occurrences
51 versesProverbs21 occurrences
21 versesEcclesiastes5 occurrences
5 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah10 occurrences
9 versesJeremiah4 occurrences
4 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel7 occurrences
7 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMicah1 occurrence
1 verseNahum2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah6 occurrences
5 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew2 occurrences
2 versesMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke4 occurrences
4 versesJohn10 occurrences
10 versesActs11 occurrences
11 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians8 occurrences
8 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 verses2 Timothy2 occurrences
2 versesJames2 occurrences
2 verses1 John5 occurrences
5 versesJude2 occurrences
2 versesRevelation5 occurrences
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