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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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First occurrence: 2 Kings 11:5

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Jeremiah 52:24
¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 52:24 · retained source text

¶ And the captaine of the guard tooke Seraiah the chiefe Priest, and Zephaniah the second Priest, and the three keepers of the doore.

1611 marginal noteHeb. threshold.

Ezekiel 40:45
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:45 · retained source text

And hee said vnto me; This chamber whose prospect is toward the South, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

1611 marginal noteOr, ward: or, ordinance, and so ver. 46.

Ezekiel 40:46
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:46 · retained source text

And the chamber whose prospect is toward the North, is for the priests the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sonnes of Zadok among the sonnes of Leui, which come neere to the LORD to minister vnto him.

Ezekiel 44:8
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:8 · retained source text

And yee haue not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye haue set keepers of my charge in my Sanctuarie for your selues.

1611 marginal noteOr, ward, or ordinance. And so verse 14. and 16.

Ezekiel 44:14
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
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But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house for all the seruice thereof, and for all that shalbe done therein.

Matthew 28:4
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
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1611 witness · Matthew 28:4 · retained source text

And for feare of him, the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
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Saying, The prison truely found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doores, but when we had opened, we found no man within.

Acts 12:6
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
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1611 witness · Acts 12:6 · retained source text

And when Herode would haue brought him foorth, the same night Peter was sleeping betweene two Souldiers, bound with two chaines, and the Keepers before the doore kept the prison.

Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.
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1611 witness · Acts 12:19 · retained source text

And when Herode had sought for him, and found him not, hee examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And hee went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, & there abode.

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