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keÌ„p´er, (mostly from ש×מר, shaÌ„mar; φυÌλαξ, phuÌlax): The word is used of keepers of sheep, vineyards, doors, prisons (in ff, sÌ£ar; compare ), etc. In , “The keepers of the house shall tremble,†the allusion is to the decay of bodily powers, the “keepers†being specially the arms, which had become feeble through age.