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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Daniel 3:19

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¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Daniel 3:19 · retained source text

¶ Then was Nebuchad-nezzar full of furie, and the forme of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego: therefore he spake and commanded, that they should heat the furnace one seuen times more then it was wont to be heat.

1611 marginal noteCal. filled.

Daniel 3:29

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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Daniel 3:29 · retained source text

Therefore I make a decree, That euery people, nation, and language, which speake any thing amisse against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other God, that can deliuer after this sort.

1611 marginal noteCald. a decree is made by me.

1611 marginal noteCald. errour.

1611 marginal noteCald. made pieces.

1611 marginal noteChap.2.5.

Daniel 5:5

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¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

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1611 witness · Daniel 5:5 · retained source text

¶ In the same houre came forth fingers of a mans hand, and wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaister of the wall of the Kings palace, and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Daniel 5:6

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Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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1611 witness · Daniel 5:6 · retained source text

Then the kings countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the ioints of his loines were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

1611 marginal noteCald. brightnesses.

1611 marginal noteCald. changed it.

1611 marginal noteOr, girdles. Cald. bindings or knots.

Daniel 5:23

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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · Daniel 5:23 · retained source text

But hast lifted vp thy selfe against the LORD of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praised the gods of siluer, and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which see not, nor heare, nor knowe: and the God in whose hande thy breath is, and whose are all thy wayes, hast thou not glorified.

Daniel 6:4

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¶ Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · Daniel 6:4 · retained source text

¶ Then the Presidents and Princes sought to finde occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdome, but they could finde none occasion, nor fault: forasmuch as he was faithfull, neither was there any errour or fault found in him.

Daniel 6:5

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Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

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1611 witness · Daniel 6:5 · retained source text

Then said these men, We shall not finde any occasion against this Daniel, except wee finde it against him concerning the Law of his God.

Daniel 7:21

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I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

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I beheld, and the same horne made warre with the Saints, and preuailed against them;

Daniel 7:25

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And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

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And he shall speake great words against the most high, and shall weare out the Saints of the most high, and thinke to change times, and lawes: and they shall be giuen into his hand, vntill a time and times, & the diuiding of time.

Daniel 8:7

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And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

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1611 witness · Daniel 8:7 · retained source text

And I saw him come close vnto the ramme, and he was mooued with choler against him, and smote the ramme, and brake his two hornes, and there was no power in the ramme to stand before him, but he cast him downe to the ground, and stamped vpon him, and there was none that could deliuer the ramme out of his hand.