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keepers

Meaning of “keepers”

Persons who guard, watch, protect, tend, manage, maintain, or preserve a place, person, charge, home, gate, vineyard, or prisoner.

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21 occurrences20 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 11:5

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1 Chronicles 9:19

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And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:19 · retained source text

And Shallum the sonne of Kore, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah, and his brethren (of the house of his father) the Korahites, were ouer the worke of the seruice, keepers of the gates of the Tabernacle: and their fathers being ouer the hoste of the LORD, were keepers of the entrie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thresholds.

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Where “keepers” appears

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2 Kings4 occurrences
4 verses 1 Chronicles2 occurrences
1 verse Esther1 occurrence
1 verse Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
1 verse Song of Solomon2 occurrences
2 verses Jeremiah2 occurrences
2 verses Ezekiel4 occurrences
4 verses Matthew1 occurrence
1 verse Acts3 occurrences
3 verses Titus1 occurrence
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2 Kings 11:5 1 Chronicles 9:19 Song of Solomon 8:11 Ezekiel 44:8 Matthew 28:4 Acts 12:6,19 Titus 2:5 Acts 12:19 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kings 25:18 Esther 6:2 Song of Solomon 5:7 Jeremiah 4:17 Jeremiah 52:24 Ezekiel 40:46 Ezekiel 44:14 Acts 5:23 Acts 12:6