Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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Revelation 22:7
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
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שָׁמַר
shâmar · shaw-mar'
19 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: Deuteronomy 7:9Strong's last: Isaiah 56:6
Open full H8104 profile →τηρέω
tēréō · tay-reh'-o
10 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: John 9:16Strong's last: Revelation 22:7
Open full G5083 profile →נָצַר
nâtsar · naw-tsar'
7 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 2:8Strong's last: Proverbs 28:7
Open full H5341 profile →ποιέω
poiéō · poy-eh'-o
1 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: John 7:19Strong's last: John 7:19
Open full G4160 profile →φυλάσσω
phylássō · foo-las'-so
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 11:21Strong's last: Luke 11:21
Open full G5442 profile →נָפַל
nâphal · naw-fal'
1 times translated as this KJV form435 total Strong's occurrences
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:18Strong's last: Exodus 21:18
Open full H5307 profile →רָעָה
râʻâh · raw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Strong's KJV usage: × break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 16:11Strong's last: 1 Samuel 16:11
Open full H7462 profile →שָׁבַח
shâbach · shaw-bakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
Strong's KJV usage: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 29:11Strong's last: Proverbs 29:11
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H8104
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
H8104
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
H8104
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
H8104
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
H8104
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
H8104
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
no direct Strong's tag
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
no direct Strong's tag
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
no direct Strong's tag
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
G5442
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
G4160
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
G5083
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.
G5083
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.
G5083
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.
G5083
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
G5083
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
G5083
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
G5083
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
G5083
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
G5083
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
G5083
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
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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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