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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

τηρέω

G5083 · tēréō · tay-reh'-o · Greek

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Strong’s definition

to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)

KJV usage

:--hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.

76mapped occurrences
68verses
26KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

keep 25kept 9keepeth 9reserved 7observe 3they have kept 2preserved 2watched 1watching 1keepers 1to observe 1ye may keep 1hath she kept 1he will keep 1ye keep 1have kept 1they will keep 1thou shouldest keep 1That 1reserve 1Keep 1hold fast 1hast kept 1thou hast kept 1will keep 1that keepeth 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Matthew 19:17Mapped KJV word: keep

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Matthew 23:3Mapped KJV word: observe

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Matthew 23:3Mapped KJV word: observe

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Matthew 27:36Mapped KJV word: watched

And sitting down they watched him there;

Matthew 27:54Mapped KJV word: watching

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Matthew 28:4Mapped KJV word: keepers

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Matthew 28:20Mapped KJV word: to observe

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark 7:9Mapped KJV word: ye may keep

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

John 2:10Mapped KJV word: kept

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

John 8:51Mapped KJV word: keep

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

John 8:52Mapped KJV word: keep

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

John 8:55Mapped KJV word: keep

Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

John 9:16Mapped KJV word: keepeth

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

John 12:7Mapped KJV word: hath she kept

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

John 14:15Mapped KJV word: keep

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21Mapped KJV word: keepeth

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John 14:23Mapped KJV word: he will keep

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

John 14:24Mapped KJV word: keepeth

He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

John 15:10Mapped KJV word: ye keep

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

John 15:10Mapped KJV word: have kept

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

John 15:20Mapped KJV word: they have kept

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

John 15:20Mapped KJV word: they will keep

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

John 17:6Mapped KJV word: they have kept

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

John 17:11Mapped KJV word: keep

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

John 17:12Mapped KJV word: kept

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:15Mapped KJV word: thou shouldest keep

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Acts 12:5Mapped KJV word: kept

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Acts 12:6Mapped KJV word: kept

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Acts 15:5Mapped KJV word: keep

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts 15:24Mapped KJV word: keep

Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

Acts 16:23Mapped KJV word: keep

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

Acts 21:25Mapped KJV word: observe

As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Acts 24:23Mapped KJV word: keep

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.

Acts 25:4Mapped KJV word: kept

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Acts 25:21Mapped KJV word: reserved

But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 25:21Mapped KJV word: kept

But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

1 Corinthians 7:37Mapped KJV word: keep

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

2 Corinthians 11:9Mapped KJV word: kept

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

2 Corinthians 11:9Mapped KJV word: keep

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

Ephesians 4:3Mapped KJV word: keep

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

1 Thessalonians 5:23Mapped KJV word: preserved

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 5:22Mapped KJV word: keep

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

1 Timothy 6:14Mapped KJV word: That

That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Timothy 6:14Mapped KJV word: keep

That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Timothy 4:7Mapped KJV word: kept

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

James 1:27Mapped KJV word: keep

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

James 2:10Mapped KJV word: keep

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

1 Peter 1:4Mapped KJV word: reserved

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

2 Peter 2:4Mapped KJV word: reserved

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

2 Peter 2:9Mapped KJV word: reserve

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: