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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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Ezra 3:4
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezra 3:4 · retained source text

They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offred the dayly burnt offrings, by number, according to the custome, as the duetie of euery day required:

1611 marginal noteHebr. the matter of the day in his day.

1611 marginal noteNum. 29.12.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.16.

Ezra 6:16
¶ And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 6:16 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel, the Priests and the Leuites, and the rest of the children of the captiuitie, kept the dedicatiō of this house of God, with ioy,

1611 marginal noteChald. the sonnes of the transportation.

Ezra 6:19
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
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1611 witness · Ezra 6:19 · retained source text

And the children of the captiuitie kept the Passeouer, vpon the fourteenth day of the first moneth:

Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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1611 witness · Ezra 6:22 · retained source text

And kept the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes, with ioy: for the LORD had made them ioyfull, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria vnto them, to strengthen their handes in the worke of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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