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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 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?

Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 19:5 · retained source text

Now therfore if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keepe my couenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure vnto me aboue all people: for all the earth is mine.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 5.2.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 10.14. psal. 24.1.

Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 20:6 · retained source text

And shewing mercy vnto thousands of them that loue mee, and keepe my Commandements.

Exodus 22:7
¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:7 · retained source text

¶ If a man shal deliuer vnto his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of the mans house; if the thiefe be found, let him pay double.

Exodus 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:10 · retained source text

If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour an asse, or an oxe, or a sheepe, or any beast to keepe, and it die, or be hurt, or driuen away, no man seeing it,

Exodus 23:7
keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 23:7 · retained source text

Keepe thee farre from a false matter: and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not iustifie the wicked.

Exodus 23:14
¶ Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 23:14 · retained source text

¶ Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 16.16.

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