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
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Concerning the workes of men, by the word of thy lips, I haue kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I haue kept the wayes of the LORD, and haue not wickedly departed from my God.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
I was also vpright before him: and I kept my selfe from mine iniquity.
1611 marginal noteHeb. with.
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
O LORD, thou hast brought vp my soule from the graue: thou hast kept me aliue, that I should not goe downe to the pit.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old; through my roaring all the day long.
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
When I remember these things, I powre out my soule in mee; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God; with the voyce of ioy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy selfe: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
They kept not the couenant of God: and refused to walke in his Law:
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Yet they tempted and prouoked the most high God: and kept not his testimonies:
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
He spake vnto them in the cloudie pillar: they kept his Testimonies, and the Ordinance that he gaue them.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The past tense and past participle of keep.
