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like

Meaning of “like”

Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
669 occurrences581 verses53 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 13:10

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Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 2:3 · retained source text

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that shee was borne, and make her as a wildernesse, and set her like a drie land, and slay her with thirst.

1611 marginal noteEze.16.4.

Hosea 4:9
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 4:9 · retained source text

And there shall be like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their wayes, and reward them their doings.

1611 marginal noteHeb. visite vpon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cause to returne.

1611 marginal noteIsa.24.2.

Hosea 5:10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 5:10 · retained source text

The Princes of Iudah were like them that remooue the bound: therefore I will powre out my wrath vpon them like water.

Hosea 6:7
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 6:7 · retained source text

But they like men haue transgressed the Couenant: there haue they dealt treacherously against me.

1611 marginal noteOr, like Adam.

Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 7:6 · retained source text

For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night, in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

1611 marginal noteOr, applied.

Hosea 7:11
¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 7:11 · retained source text

¶ Ephraim also is like a silly doue, without heart: they call to Egypt; they goe to Assyria.

Hosea 7:16
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 7:16 · retained source text

They returne, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfull bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

1611 marginal notePsal.73.9.

Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 9:10 · retained source text

I found Israel like grapes in the wildernesse: I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselues vnto that shame, and their abominations were according as they loued.

1611 marginal noteNum.25.3.

Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 9:11 · retained source text

As for Ephraim, their glory shall flee away like a bird: from the birth and from the wombe, and from the conception.

Hosea 11:10
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 11:10 · retained source text

They shal walke after the LORD: he shall roare like a lyon: when he shall roare, then the children shall tremble from the West.

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Where “like” appears

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Genesis2 occurrences
2 verses
Exodus29 occurrences
25 verses
Leviticus1 occurrence
1 verse
Numbers1 occurrence
1 verse
Deuteronomy17 occurrences
16 verses
Joshua1 occurrence
1 verse
Judges5 occurrences
5 verses
Ruth4 occurrences
3 verses
1 Samuel11 occurrences
10 verses
2 Samuel7 occurrences
6 verses
1 Kings20 occurrences
17 verses
2 Kings16 occurrences
13 verses
1 Chronicles10 occurrences
10 verses
2 Chronicles16 occurrences
15 verses
Nehemiah2 occurrences
2 verses
Esther1 occurrence
1 verse
Job33 occurrences
30 verses
Psalms104 occurrences
86 verses
Proverbs15 occurrences
14 verses
Song of Solomon23 occurrences
20 verses
Isaiah72 occurrences
59 verses
Jeremiah56 occurrences
47 verses
Lamentations13 occurrences
12 verses
Ezekiel44 occurrences
38 verses
Daniel21 occurrences
16 verses
Hosea14 occurrences
12 verses
Joel7 occurrences
5 verses
Amos5 occurrences
5 verses
Jonah1 occurrence
1 verse
Micah5 occurrences
4 verses
Nahum6 occurrences
5 verses
Habakkuk1 occurrence
1 verse
Zephaniah2 occurrences
2 verses
Zechariah8 occurrences
7 verses
Malachi2 occurrences
1 verse
Matthew17 occurrences
17 verses
Mark6 occurrences
6 verses
Luke13 occurrences
13 verses
John4 occurrences
4 verses
Acts9 occurrences
9 verses
Romans4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse
Galatians1 occurrence
1 verse
Philippians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews3 occurrences
3 verses
James3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse
1 John1 occurrence
1 verse
Jude1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation26 occurrences
20 verses

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A person or thing resembling another; an equal.

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