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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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Malachi 2:9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Malachi 2:9 · retained source text

Therefore haue I also made you contemptible and base before al the people, according as yee haue not kept my wayes, but haue bin partiall in y e law.

1611 marginal noteOr, lifted vp the face against. Heb. accepted faces.

Malachi 3:7
¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Malachi 3:7 · retained source text

¶ Euen from the dayes of your fathers yee are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the LORD of hosts: But ye said, Wherein shall we returne?

1611 marginal noteZech. 1.3.

Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Malachi 3:14 · retained source text

Ye haue said, It is vaine to serue God: and what profit is it, that we haue kept his ordinance, and that wee haue walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

1611 marginal noteHeb. his obseruation.

1611 marginal noteHebr in blacke.

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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