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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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Psalms 119:168
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 119:168 · retained source text

I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.

Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:10 · retained source text

And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any ioy: for my heart reioyced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:13 · retained source text

There is a sore euill which I haue seene vnder the Sun, namely riches kept for the owners therof to their hurt.

Song of Solomon 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Song of Solomon 1:6 · retained source text

Looke not vpon me because I am blacke, because the Sunne hath looked vpon me: my mothers children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine owne vineyard haue I not kept.

Isaiah 30:29
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:29 · retained source text

Yee shall haue a song as in the night, when a holy solemnitie is kept, and gladnesse of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountaine of the LORD, to the mighty one of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rocke.

Jeremiah 16:11
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:11 · retained source text

Then shalt thou say vnto them; Because your fathers haue forsaken me, saith the LORD, and haue walked after other Gods, and haue serued them, and haue worshipped them, and haue forsaken mee, and haue not kept my law:

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The past tense and past participle of keep.

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