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kept

Meaning of “kept”

Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
175 occurrences173 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 26:5

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2 Kings 9:14
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:14 · retained source text

So Iehu the sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, conspired against Ioram: (now Ioram had kept Ramoth Gilead, hee, and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria:

2 Kings 12:9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:9 · retained source text

But Iehoiada the priest tooke a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the Altar, on the right side, as one commeth into the house of the LORD, and the priests that kept the doore, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. threshold.

2 Kings 17:19
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:19 · retained source text

Also Iudah kept not the Commandements of the LORD their God, but walked in the Statutes of Israel which they made.

2 Kings 18:6
For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:6 · retained source text

For he claue to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandements, which the LORD commanded Moses.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from after him.

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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