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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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John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 8:51 · retained source text

Uerely, verely I say vnto you, If a man keepe my saying, hee shall neuer see death.

John 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 8:52 · retained source text

Then said the Iewes vnto him, Now we know that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death.

John 8:55
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 8:55 · retained source text

Yet ye haue not knowen him, but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shalbe a lyar like vnto you: but I know him, and keepe his saying.

John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 12:25 · retained source text

He that loueth his life, shall lose it: and hee that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 10.39.

John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 14:23 · retained source text

Iesus answered, and saide vnto him, If a man loue mee, he will keepe my wordes: and my Father will loue him, and wee will come vnto him, and make our abode with him.

John 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 15:10 · retained source text

If ye keepe my Commandements, ye shal abide in my loue, euen as I haue kept my Fathers Commandements, and abide in his loue.

John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 15:20 · retained source text

Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then the Lord: if they haue persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they haue kept my saying, they will keepe yours also.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.16. mat. 10.24.

John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 17:11 · retained source text

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine owne Name, those whom thou hast giuen mee, that they may bee one, as we are.

John 17:15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 17:15 · retained source text

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keepe them from the euill.

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