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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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Numbers 12:1
AND Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 12:1 · retained source text

¶ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of the Ethiophian woman, whom hee had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

1611 marginal noteOr, Cushite.

1611 marginal noteHebr. taken.

Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 12:8 · retained source text

With him will I speake mouth to mouth euen apparantly, and not in darke speeches, and the similitude of the LORD shall hee behold: wherefore then were yee not afraid to speake against my seruant Moses?

1611 marginal noteExod. 33.11.

Numbers 12:9
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 12:9 · retained source text

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed.

Numbers 13:31
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 13:31 · retained source text

But the men that went vp with him, said, Wee be not able to goe vp against the people, for they are stronger then we.

Numbers 14:2
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:2 · retained source text

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron: and the whole Congregation said vnto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would God we had died in this wildernesse.

Numbers 14:9
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:9 · retained source text

Onely rebell not yee against the LORD, neither feare yee the people of the land, for they are bread for vs: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with vs: feare them not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shadow.

Numbers 14:27
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:27 · retained source text

How long shall I beare with this euil congregation which murmure against mee? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against mee.

Numbers 14:29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:29 · retained source text

Your carcases shall fall in this wildernesse, and all that were numbred of you, according to your whole number from twentie yeeres old and vpward, which haue murmured against mee,

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.35.

Numbers 14:35
I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:35 · retained source text

I the LORD haue said, I will surely doe it vnto all this euill Congregation, that are gathered together against mee: in this wildernesse they shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.

Numbers 14:36
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:36 · retained source text

And the men which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the Congregation to murmure against him, by bringing vp a slander vpon the land,

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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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