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 both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandement of Dauid, and of Solomon his sonne.
1611 marginal note1.Chron. 24. and 25. chap.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
In the euening she went, and on the morrowe she returned into the second house of the women, to the custodie of Shaashgaz the kings chamberlen, which kept the concubines: shee came in vnto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that shee were called by name.
¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
¶ In those dayes, (while Mordecai sate in the kings gate) two of the kings chamberlens, the doore, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus:
1611 marginal noteOr, Bigthana. chap. 6.2.\*Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept \f + 2:21 Heb. the threshold.
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
And that these dayes should be remembred, and kept throughout euery generation, euery family, euery prouince, and euery citie, and that these dayes of Purim should not faile from among the Iewes, nor the memoriall of them perish from their seed.
1611 marginal noteHeb. passe.
1611 marginal noteHebr. be ended.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My foot hath held his steps, his way haue I kept, and not declined.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all liuing, and kept close from the foules of the ayre.
1611 marginal noteOr, heauen.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Unto me men gaue eare, and waited, and kept silence at my counsell.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Did I feare a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrifie me: that I kept silence, and went not out of the doore?
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.
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The past tense and past participle of keep.
