KJV dictionary & concordance

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 Kings 1:1

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THEN Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Kings 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Then Moab rebelled against Israel, after the death of Ahab.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.5.

2 Kings 3:5

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But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:5 · retained source text

But it came to passe when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.1.

2 Kings 3:7

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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

2 word occurrences in this verse

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:7 · retained source text

And he went, and sent to Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against mee: Wilt thou goe with mee against Moab to battell? and he said, I will goe vp: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

1611 marginal note1.King. 22.4.

2 Kings 3:21

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¶ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:21 · retained source text

¶ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and vpward, and stood in the border.

1611 marginal noteHeb. were cryed together.

1611 marginal noteHeb. gird himselfe with a girdle.

2 Kings 3:27

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Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:27 · retained source text

Then hee tooke his eldest sonne that should haue reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering vpon the wall: and there was great indignation against Israel, and they departed from him, and returned to their owne land.

2 Kings 5:7

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And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 5:7 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make aliue, that this man doeth send vnto me, to recouer a man of his leprosie? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrell against me.

2 Kings 6:8

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¶ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:8 · retained source text

¶ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and tooke counsell with his seruants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my campe.

1611 marginal noteOr, encamping.

2 Kings 7:6

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For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:6 · retained source text

For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to heare a noise of charets, and a noise of horses, euen the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Loe, the king of Israel hath hired against vs the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come vpon vs.

2 Kings 8:28

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¶ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:28 · retained source text

¶ And he went with Ioram the sonne of Ahab, to the warre against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Ioram.

2 Kings 8:29

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And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:29 · retained source text

And king Ioram went backe to be healed in Iezreel, of the woundes which the Syrians had giuen him at Ramah, when hee fought against Hazael king of Syria: And Ahaziah the son of Iehoram king of Iudah, went downe to see Ioram the sonne of Ahab in Iezreel, because he was sicke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. wherewith the Syrians had wounded.

1611 marginal noteHebr. wounded.