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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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Psalms 119:63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 119:63 · retained source text

I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and of them that keepe thy precepts.

Psalms 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 119:106 · retained source text

I haue sworne, and I will performe it: that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

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