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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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Job 1:8
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:8 · retained source text

And the LORD sayd vnto Satan, Hast thou considered my seruant Iob, that there is none like him in the earth? a perfect and an vpright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

1611 marginal noteHeb. hast thou set thy heart on?

Job 2:3
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 2:3 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto Satan, Hast thou considered my seruant Iob, that there is none like him in the earth; a perfect and an vpright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill? and still hee holdeth fast his integritie, although thou moouedst mee against him, to destroy him without cause.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to swallow him vp.

1611 marginal noteChap.1. ver.1.&8.

Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:24 · retained source text

For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the waters.

1611 marginal noteHeb. before my meat.

Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:26 · retained source text

Thou shalt come to thy graue in a full age, like as a shocke of corne commeth in, in his season.

1611 marginal noteHeb. ascendeth.

Job 7:1
IS there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 7:1 · retained source text

¶ Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hireling?

1611 marginal noteOr, warfare.

Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 8:2 · retained source text

How long wilt thou speake these things? and how long shall the wordes of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Job 10:10
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 10:10 · retained source text

Hast thou not powred me out as milke, and cruddled me like cheese?

1611 marginal notePsal. 139.4 and 14,15.

Job 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 11:12 · retained source text

For vaine man would be wise; though man be borne like a wilde asses coult.

1611 marginal noteHebr. emptie.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:25 · retained source text

They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wander.

Job 13:12
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 13:12 · retained source text

Your remembrances are like vnto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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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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