Genesis 2:15
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Read in context →Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
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shâmar · shaw-mar'
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Strong's first: Genesis 2:15Strong's last: Malachi 2:7
Open full H8104 profile →tēréō · tay-reh'-o
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)
Strong's KJV usage: :--hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Strong's first: Matthew 19:17Strong's last: Revelation 22:9
Open full G5083 profile →ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: Exodus 12:47Strong's last: Esther 9:27
Open full H6213 profile →nâtsar · naw-tsar'
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Strong's first: Psalms 25:10Strong's last: Nahum 2:1
Open full H5341 profile →phylássō · foo-las'-so
to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid
Strong's KJV usage: :--beward, keep (self), observe, save.
Strong's first: Luke 11:28Strong's last: Jude 1:24
Open full G5442 profile →châgag · khaw-gag'
properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
Strong's KJV usage: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
Strong's first: Exodus 12:14Strong's last: Zechariah 14:19
Open full H2287 profile →nâṭar · naw-tar'
to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
Strong's KJV usage: bear grudge, keep(-er), reserve.
Strong's first: Psalms 103:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 3:12
Open full H5201 profile →katéchō · kat-ekh'-o
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
Strong's first: Luke 8:15Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 11:2
Open full G2722 profile →poiéō · poy-eh'-o
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:18Strong's last: Acts 18:21
Open full G4160 profile →dâbaq · daw-bak'
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Strong's KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Strong's first: Numbers 36:7Strong's last: Numbers 36:9
Open full H1692 profile →diatēréō · dee-at-ay-reh'-o
to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly
Strong's KJV usage: :--keep.
Strong's first: Acts 15:29Strong's last: Acts 15:29
Open full G1301 profile →diaphylássō · dee-af-oo-las'-so
to guard thoroughly, i.e. protect
Strong's KJV usage: :--keep.
Strong's first: Luke 4:10Strong's last: Luke 4:10
Open full G1314 profile →prássō · pras'-so
to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)
Strong's KJV usage: :--commit, deeds, do, exact, keep, require, use arts.
Strong's first: Romans 2:25Strong's last: Romans 2:25
Open full G4238 profile →synéchō · soon-ekh'-o
to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
Strong's KJV usage: :--constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.
Strong's first: Luke 19:43Strong's last: Luke 19:43
Open full G4912 profile →phrouréō · froo-reh'-o
to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect
Strong's KJV usage: :--keep (with a garrison).
Strong's first: Philippians 4:7Strong's last: Philippians 4:7
Open full G5432 profile →châyâh · khaw-yaw'
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Strong's KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.
Strong's first: Genesis 7:3Strong's last: Genesis 7:3
Open full H2421 profile →yâshab · yaw-shab'
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Strong's KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Strong's first: Psalms 113:9Strong's last: Psalms 113:9
Open full H3427 profile →mânaʻ · maw-nah'
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
Strong's KJV usage: deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 42:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 42:4
Open full H4513 profile →mishmereth · mish-mer'-reth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Strong's KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Strong's first: Exodus 12:6Strong's last: Exodus 12:6
Open full H4931 profile →ʻâbad · aw-bad'
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: × be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Strong's first: Exodus 13:5Strong's last: Exodus 13:5
Open full H5647 profile →ʻădar · aw-dar'
to arrange, as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
Strong's KJV usage: dig, fail, keep (rank), lack.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:38Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 12:38
Open full H5737 profile →ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Strong's KJV usage: × be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 22:9Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 22:9
Open full H6113 profile →pâqad · paw-kad'
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Strong's first: Leviticus 6:4Strong's last: Leviticus 6:4
Open full H6485 profile →shâbath · shaw-bath'
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Strong's first: Leviticus 25:2Strong's last: Leviticus 25:2
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And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
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KEEP, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive kept. [Latin habeo, and capio.]
1. To hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with; as, to keep a house or a farm; to keep any thing in the memory, mind or heart.
2. To have in custody for security or preservation.
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade.
3. To preserve; to retain.
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, keeping mercy for thousands--Exodus 34:18.
4. To preserve from falling or from danger; to protect; to guard or sustain.
And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. Genesis 28:15.
Luke 4:10.
5. To hold or restrain from departure; to detain.
--That I may know what keeps me here with you.
6. To tend; to have the care of.
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:15.
7. To tend; to feed; to pasture; as, to keep a flock of sheep or a herd of cattle in a yard or in a field. He keeps his horses on oats or on hay.
8. To preserve in any tenor or state. keep a stiff rein.
KEEP the constitution sound.
9. To regard; to attend to.
While the stars and course of heaven I keep--
10. To hold in any state; as, to keep in order.
11. To continue any state, course or action; as, to keep silence; to keep the same road or the same pace; to keep reading or talking; to keep a given distance.
12. To practice; to do or perform; to obey; to observe in practice; not to neglect or violate; as, to keep the laws, statutes or commandments of God.
13. To fulfill; to perform; as, to keep one's word, promise or covenant.
14. To practice; to use habitually; as, to keep bad hours.
15. To copy carefully.
Her servant's eyes were fix'd upon her face,
And as she moved or turned, her motions viewed,
Her measures kept, and step by step pursued.
16. To observe or solemnize.
17. To board; to maintain; to supply with necessaries of life. The men are kept at a moderate price per week.
18. To have in the house; to entertain; as, to keep lodgers.
19. To maintain; not to intermit; as, to keep watch or guard.
20. To hold in one's own bosom; to confine to one's own knowledge; not to disclose or communicate to others; not to betray; as, to keep a secret; to keep one's own counsel.
21. To have in pay; as, to keep a servant.
To keep back, to reserve; to withhold; not to disclose or communicate.
I will keep nothing back from you. Jeremiah 42:4.
1. To restrain; ; to prevent from advancing.
KEEP back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Psalms 19:13.
2. To reserve; to withhold; not to deliver. Acts 5:3.
To keep company with, to frequent the society of; to associate with. Let youth keep company with the wise and good.
To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a journey or voyage.
To keep down, to prevent from rising; not to lift or suffer to be raised.
To keep in, to prevent from escape; to hold in confinement.
1. To conceal; not to tell or disclose.
2. To restrain; to curb.
To keep off, to hinder from approach or attack; as, to keep off an enemy or an evil.
To keep under, to restrain; to hold in subjection; as, to keep under an antagonist or a conquered country; to keep under the appetites and passions.
To keep up, to maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit.
1. To maintain; to continue; to hinder from ceasing.
In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it.keep out, to hinder from entering or taking possession.
To keep bed, to remain in bed without rising; to be confined to one's bed.
To keep house, to maintain a family state.
His income enables him to keep house.
1. To remain in the house; to be confined.
His feeble health obliges him to keep house.
To keep from, to restrain; to prevent approach.
To keep a school, to maintain or support it; as, the town or its inhabitants keep ten schools; more properly, to govern and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor.
KEEP, verb intransitive To remain in any state; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out of reach.
1. To last; to endure; not to perish or be impaired. Seek for winter's use apples that will keep
If the malt is not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep
2. To lodge; to dwell; to reside for a time.
Knock at the study, where, they say, he keeps.
To keep to, to adhere strictly; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise.
To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance.
To keep up, to remain unsubdued; or not to be confined to one's bed.
In popular language, this word signifies to continue; to repeat continually; not to cease.
KEEP, noun Custody; guard. [Little used.]
1. Colloquially, case; condition; as in good keep
2. Guardianship; restraint. [Little used.]
3. A place of confinement; in old castles, the dungeon.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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