KJV dictionary & concordance
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 26:5
Complete exact-word concordance
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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.
¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
¶ Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Edom, and for foure, I will not turne away the punishment thereof, because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pitie, and his anger did teare perpetually, and kept his wrath for euer.
1611 marginal noteHeb. corrupted his compassions.
¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
¶ Thus sayth the LORD, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne away the punishment thereof; because they haue despised the Law of the LORD, and haue not kept his Commandements, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers haue walked.
¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the workes of the house of Ahab, and ye walke in their counsels, that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore yee shall beare the reproch of my people.
1611 marginal noteOr, he doth much keepe the &c.
1611 marginal noteOr, astonishment.
1611 marginal note1.Kin. 16.25, 26.
1611 marginal note1.Kin. 16.30, &c.
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.
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.
¶ 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?
¶ 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.
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?
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.
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told euery thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the deuils.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
That it might bee fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I wil vtter things which haue bin kept secret from the foundation of the world.
1611 marginal notePsal. 78.2.
But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herode.
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The past tense and past participle of keep.
