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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Ruth 2:23

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So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Ruth 2:23 · retained source text

So shee kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to gleane, vnto the end of barley haruest, and of wheat haruest, and dwelt with her mother in law.

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

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Webster 1828

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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