2 Kings 11:5
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
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Keepers
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Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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שָׁמַר
shâmar · shaw-mar'
15 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 11:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 44:14
Open full H8104 profile →φύλαξ
phýlax · foo'-lax
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a watcher or sentry
Strong's KJV usage: :--keeper.
Strong's first: Acts 5:23Strong's last: Acts 12:19
Open full G5441 profile →τηρέω
tēréō · tay-reh'-o
1 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 28:4Strong's last: Matthew 28:4
Open full G5083 profile →נָטַר
nâṭar · naw-tar'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
Strong's KJV usage: bear grudge, keep(-er), reserve.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 8:11Strong's last: Song of Solomon 8:11
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H8104
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
H5201
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
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keeper
KEE'PER, noun One who keeps; one that holds or has possession of any thing.
1. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the custody of prisoners.
2. One who has the care of a park or other inclosure, or the custody of beasts; as the keeper of a park, a pound, or of sheep.
3. One who has the care, custody or superintendence of any thing.
In Great Britain, the keeper of the great seal, is a lord by his office, and one of the privy council. All royal grants, commissions and charters pass through his hands. He is constituted lord-keeper by the delivery of the great seal. The keeper of the privy seal is also a lord by his office, and a member of the privy council.
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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