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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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First occurrence: Genesis 2:15

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Showing verses 11–20 of 354 · 362 word occurrences in this result

Genesis 30:31
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 30:31 · retained source text

And hee said, what shall I giue thee? and Iacob said, Thou shalt not giue me any thing; if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will againe feed and keepe thy flocke.

Genesis 33:9
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 33:9 · retained source text

And Esau said, I haue enough: my brother, keepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bee that to thee that is thine.

Genesis 41:35
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 41:35 · retained source text

And let them gather all the food of those good yeeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keepe food in the cities.

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
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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.

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