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keeping

Meaning of “keeping”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of keep, meaning 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: Exodus 34:7

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1 Samuel 25:16
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:16 · retained source text

They were a wall vnto vs both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.

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