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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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Exodus 6:5
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 6:5 · retained source text

And I haue also heard the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage: and I haue remembred my Couenant.

Exodus 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:6 · retained source text

And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the fourteenth day of the same moneth: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the euening.

1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the two euenings.

Exodus 12:14
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:14 · retained source text

And this day shall be vnto you for a memoriall: and you shall keepe in a feast to the LORD, throughout your generations: you shall keepe it a feast by an ordinance for euer.

Exodus 12:25
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:25 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe when yee bee come to the land, which the LORD will giue you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keepe this seruice.

Exodus 12:47
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:47 · retained source text

All the Congregation of Israel shall keepe it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. doe it.

Exodus 12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:48 · retained source text

And when a stranger shall soiourne with thee, and will keepe the Passeouer to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come neere, and keepe it: and he shall be as one that is borne in the land: for no vncircumcised person shall eate thereof.

Exodus 13:5
¶ And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 13:5 · retained source text

¶ And it shalbe when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee, a land flowing with milke and hony, that thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth.

Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 15:26 · retained source text

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt doe that which is right in his sight, and wilt giue eare to his Commandements, and keepe all his Statutes, I will put none of these diseases vpon thee, which I haue brought vpon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Exodus 16:28
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 16:28 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto Moses, How long refuse yee to keepe my Commandements, and my Lawes?

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