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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 4:8

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Zephaniah 1:16

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A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:16 · retained source text

A day of the trumpet and alarme against the fenced cities, and against the high towres.

Zephaniah 1:17

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And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:17 · retained source text

And I will bring distresse vpon men, that they shall walke like blinde men, because they haue sinned against the LORD, and their blood shall bee powred out as dust, and their flesh as the doung.

Zephaniah 2:5

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Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Zephaniah 2:5 · retained source text

Woe vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast: the nation of the Cherethites, the word of the LORD is against you: O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will euen destroy thee, that there shal be no inhabitant.

Zephaniah 2:8

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¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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1611 witness · Zephaniah 2:8 · retained source text

¶ I haue heard the reproach of Moab, and the reuilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they haue reproched my people, and magnified themselues against their border.

Zephaniah 2:10

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This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · Zephaniah 2:10 · retained source text

This shall they haue for their pride, because they haue reproched and magnified themselues against the people of the LORD of hostes.

Zephaniah 2:13

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And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Zephaniah 2:13 · retained source text

And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Assyria, and wil make Nineueh a desolation, and dry like a wildernes.

Zephaniah 3:11

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In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:11 · retained source text

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that reioyce in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of mine holy mountaine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in my holy.