The word in Scripture

Keeper in the Bible

The word keeper appears 21 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A keeper watches over and preserves. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What keeper means in the Bible

A keeper watches over and preserves.

Where the word keeper appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word keeper appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”Genesis 4:2

“But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”Genesis 39:21

“And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.”1 Samuel 28:2

“He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.”Job 27:18

“The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.”Psalms 121:5

“Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.”Song of Solomon 1:6

“And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:”Jeremiah 35:4

“And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.”Acts 16:27