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Keep

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362exact KJV occurrences 300Old Testament 62New Testament 52books containing the word 24mapped Strong's IDs 316occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:9

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where keep appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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HebrewH8104
שָׁמַר

shâmar · shaw-mar'

184 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG5083
τηρέω

tēréō · tay-reh'-o

32 times translated as this KJV form76 total Strong's occurrences

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

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HebrewH6213
עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh · aw-saw'

30 times translated as this KJV form2,630 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH2287
חָגַג

châgag · khaw-gag'

8 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG4160
ποιέω

poiéō · poy-eh'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form603 total Strong's occurrences

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

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HebrewH1692
דָּבַק

dâbaq · daw-bak'

2 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG1301
διατηρέω

diatēréō · dee-at-ay-reh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly

Strong's KJV usage: :--keep.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 15:29Strong's last: Acts 15:29

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GreekG1314
διαφυλάσσω

diaphylássō · dee-af-oo-las'-so

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to guard thoroughly, i.e. protect

Strong's KJV usage: :--keep.

Strong's first: Luke 4:10Strong's last: Luke 4:10

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GreekG4238
πράσσω

prássō · pras'-so

1 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG4912
συνέχω

synéchō · soon-ekh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG5432
φρουρέω

phrouréō · froo-reh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

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).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Philippians 4:7Strong's last: Philippians 4:7

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HebrewH2421
חָיָה

châyâh · khaw-yaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form270 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH3427
יָשַׁב

yâshab · yaw-shab'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,085 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH4931
מִשְׁמֶרֶת

mishmereth · mish-mer'-reth

1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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

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HebrewH5647
עָבַד

ʻâbad · aw-bad'

1 times translated as this KJV form291 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH6113
עָצָר

ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'

1 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH6485
פָּקַד

pâqad · paw-kad'

1 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences

v n-m

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

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HebrewH7673
שָׁבַת

shâbath · shaw-bath'

1 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences

v

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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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362 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

2 Chronicles 35:16
H6213

So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

2 Chronicles 35:18
H6213

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:29
H8104

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

Nehemiah 1:9
H8104

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

Nehemiah 12:27
H6213

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

Nehemiah 13:22
H8104

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Esther 3:8
H6213

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Esther 9:21
H6213

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Esther 9:27
H6213

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

Job 14:13
no direct Strong's tag

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Job 20:13
no direct Strong's tag

Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

Psalms 12:7
H8104

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Psalms 17:8
H8104

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psalms 19:13
no direct Strong's tag

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Psalms 22:29
no direct Strong's tag

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Psalms 25:10
H5341

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Psalms 25:20
H8104

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Psalms 31:20
no direct Strong's tag

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Psalms 33:19
no direct Strong's tag

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalms 34:13
H5341

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psalms 35:22
no direct Strong's tag

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Psalms 37:34
H8104

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Psalms 39:1
H8104

<<To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.>> I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Psalms 41:2
no direct Strong's tag

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Psalms 50:3
no direct Strong's tag

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

keep

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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