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against

Meaning of “against”

Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
1,667 occurrences1,390 verses57 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:8

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2 Chronicles 4:10
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 4:10 · retained source text

And he set the Sea on the rightside of the East end, ouer against the South.

2 Chronicles 6:22
¶ If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:22 · retained source text

¶ If a man sinne against his neighbour, and an oath be layd vpon him, to make him sweare, and the oath come before thine Altar in this house:

1611 marginal noteHebr. and he require an oath of him.

2 Chronicles 6:24
¶ And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:24 · retained source text

¶ And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they haue sinned against thee, and shall returne and confesse thy Name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house:

1611 marginal noteOr, bee smitten.

1611 marginal noteOr, towards.

2 Chronicles 6:26
¶ When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:26 · retained source text

¶ When the heauen is shut vp, and there is no raine, because they haue sinned against thee: yet if they pray towards this place, and confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them:

1611 marginal note1.King. 17.1.

2 Chronicles 6:34
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:34 · retained source text

If thy people goe out to warre against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray vnto thee toward this citie which thou hast chosen, and the house which I haue built for thy Name:

2 Chronicles 6:36
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:36 · retained source text

If they sinne against thee (for there is no man which sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them ouer before their enemies, and they cary them away captiues vnto a land far off or neere:

1611 marginal noteHeb. they that take them captiues cary them away.

1611 marginal noteProu. 20.9. eccles. 7.21. iames 3.2. 1.iohn 1.8.

2 Chronicles 6:39
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:39 · retained source text

Then heare thou from the heauens, euen from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintaine their cause, and forgiue thy people, which haue sinned against thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, right.

2 Chronicles 8:3
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 8:3 · retained source text

And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and preuailed against it.

2 Chronicles 9:29
¶ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 9:29 · retained source text

¶ Now the rest of the actes of Solomon first and last, are they not written in the booke of Nathan the Prophet, and in the prophesie of Ahiiah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the Seer, against Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat?

1611 marginal noteHeb. words

1611 marginal note1.King. 11.41.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.15.

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Where “against” appears

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Genesis23 occurrences
19 verses
Exodus40 occurrences
35 verses
Leviticus17 occurrences
15 verses
Numbers70 occurrences
57 verses
Deuteronomy66 occurrences
62 verses
Joshua48 occurrences
42 verses
Judges82 occurrences
73 verses
Ruth2 occurrences
2 verses
1 Samuel77 occurrences
61 verses
2 Samuel45 occurrences
39 verses
1 Kings54 occurrences
48 verses
2 Kings68 occurrences
59 verses
1 Chronicles31 occurrences
27 verses
2 Chronicles87 occurrences
74 verses
Ezra8 occurrences
7 verses
Nehemiah36 occurrences
33 verses
Esther11 occurrences
10 verses
Job51 occurrences
45 verses
Psalms94 occurrences
85 verses
Proverbs13 occurrences
13 verses
Ecclesiastes6 occurrences
5 verses
Isaiah74 occurrences
56 verses
Jeremiah181 occurrences
128 verses
Lamentations14 occurrences
12 verses
Ezekiel137 occurrences
99 verses
Daniel32 occurrences
28 verses
Hosea13 occurrences
11 verses
Joel1 occurrence
1 verse
Amos11 occurrences
8 verses
Obadiah3 occurrences
3 verses
Jonah2 occurrences
2 verses
Micah13 occurrences
12 verses
Nahum5 occurrences
5 verses
Habakkuk6 occurrences
3 verses
Zephaniah8 occurrences
7 verses
Zechariah18 occurrences
16 verses
Malachi10 occurrences
6 verses
Matthew32 occurrences
27 verses
Mark26 occurrences
25 verses
Luke37 occurrences
27 verses
John6 occurrences
6 verses
Acts49 occurrences
44 verses
Romans11 occurrences
11 verses
1 Corinthians6 occurrences
5 verses
2 Corinthians3 occurrences
3 verses
Galatians4 occurrences
3 verses
Ephesians6 occurrences
2 verses
Colossians3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 verses
2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews2 occurrences
2 verses
James4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses
2 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
3 John1 occurrence
1 verse
Jude2 occurrences
2 verses
Revelation9 occurrences
8 verses

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

As a preposition, exposed to, as in 'against the sun'; of time, by the time that.

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