KJV dictionary & concordance
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 26:5
Complete exact-word concordance
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wildernesse: Hee ledde him about, he instructed him, hee kept him as the apple of his eye.
1611 marginal noteOr, compassed him about.
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
Who said vnto his father & to his mother, I haue not seene him, neither did hee acknowledge his brethren; nor knew his owne children: for they haue obserued thy word, and kept thy Couenant.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The past tense and past participle of keep.
