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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 Samuel 13:34
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:34 · retained source text

But Absalom fled: and the yong man that kept the watch, lift vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

2 Samuel 22:22
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:22 · retained source text

For I haue kept the wayes of the LORD, and haue not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Samuel 22:24
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:24 · retained source text

I was also vpright before him: and haue kept my selfe from mine iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to him.

2 Samuel 22:44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:44 · retained source text

Thou also hast deliuered mee from the striuings of my people, thou hast kept mee to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not, shall serue me.

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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