KJV dictionary & concordance

kept

Meaning of “kept”

Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

175 occurrences173 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 26:5

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Hosea 12:12

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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 12:12 · retained source text

And Iacob fled into the countrey of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.

1611 marginal noteGen.28.5.

1611 marginal noteGene.29.20,28.

Complete reference index — all 173 verses

Genesis 26:5 Genesis 29:9 Genesis 39:9 Genesis 42:16 Exodus 3:1 Exodus 16:23 Exodus 16:32 Exodus 16:33 Exodus 16:34 Exodus 21:29 Exodus 21:36 Numbers 5:13 Numbers 9:5 Numbers 9:7 Numbers 9:19 Numbers 9:23 Numbers 17:10 Numbers 19:9 Numbers 24:11 Numbers 31:47 Deuteronomy 32:10 Deuteronomy 33:9 Joshua 5:10 Joshua 14:10 Joshua 22:2 Joshua 22:3 Ruth 2:23 1 Samuel 9:24 1 Samuel 13:13 1 Samuel 13:14 1 Samuel 17:34 1 Samuel 21:4 1 Samuel 21:5 1 Samuel 25:21 1 Samuel 25:33 1 Samuel 25:34 1 Samuel 25:39 1 Samuel 26:15 1 Samuel 26:16 2 Samuel 13:34 2 Samuel 22:22 2 Samuel 22:24 2 Samuel 22:44 1 Kings 2:43 1 Kings 3:6 1 Kings 8:24 1 Kings 11:10 1 Kings 11:11 1 Kings 11:34 1 Kings 13:21 1 Kings 14:8 1 Kings 14:27 2 Kings 9:14 2 Kings 12:9 2 Kings 17:19 2 Kings 18:6 1 Chronicles 10:13 1 Chronicles 12:1 1 Chronicles 12:29 2 Chronicles 6:15 2 Chronicles 7:8 2 Chronicles 7:9 2 Chronicles 12:10 2 Chronicles 30:21 2 Chronicles 30:23 2 Chronicles 34:9 2 Chronicles 34:21 2 Chronicles 35:1 2 Chronicles 35:17 2 Chronicles 35:18 2 Chronicles 35:19 2 Chronicles 36:21 Ezra 3:4 Ezra 6:16 Ezra 6:19 Ezra 6:22 Nehemiah 1:7 Nehemiah 8:18 Nehemiah 9:34 Nehemiah 11:19 Nehemiah 12:45 Esther 2:14 Esther 2:21 Esther 9:28 Job 23:11 Job 28:21 Job 29:21 Job 31:34 Psalms 17:4 Psalms 18:21 Psalms 18:23 Psalms 30:3 Psalms 32:3 Psalms 42:4 Psalms 50:21 Psalms 78:10 Psalms 78:56 Psalms 99:7 Psalms 119:22 Psalms 119:55 Psalms 119:56 Psalms 119:67 Psalms 119:158 Psalms 119:167 Psalms 119:168 Ecclesiastes 2:10 Ecclesiastes 5:13 Song of Solomon 1:6 Isaiah 30:29 Jeremiah 16:11 Jeremiah 35:18 Ezekiel 5:7 Ezekiel 18:9 Ezekiel 18:19 Ezekiel 20:21 Ezekiel 44:8 Ezekiel 44:15 Ezekiel 48:11 Daniel 5:19 Daniel 7:28 Hosea 12:12 Amos 1:11 Amos 2:4 Micah 6:16 Malachi 2:9 Malachi 3:7 Malachi 3:14 Matthew 8:33 Matthew 13:35 Matthew 14:6 Matthew 19:20 Mark 4:22 Mark 9:10 Luke 2:19 Luke 2:51 Luke 8:29 Luke 9:36 Luke 18:21 Luke 19:20 John 2:10 John 12:7 John 15:10 John 15:20 John 17:6 John 17:12 John 18:16 John 18:17 Acts 5:2 Acts 7:53 Acts 9:33 Acts 12:5 Acts 12:6 Acts 15:12 Acts 20:20 Acts 22:2 Acts 22:20 Acts 23:35 Acts 25:4 Acts 25:21 Acts 27:43 Acts 28:16 Romans 16:25 2 Corinthians 11:9 2 Corinthians 11:32 Galatians 3:23 2 Timothy 4:7 Hebrews 11:28 James 5:4 1 Peter 1:5 2 Peter 3:7 Jude 1:6 Revelation 3:8 Revelation 3:10

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Genesis 26:5 Joshua 22:3 1 Kings 13:21 Ezra 6:19 Psalms 119:22 Micah 6:16 Acts 5:2 Revelation 3:10

Historical English dictionary sources

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Webster 1828

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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