KJV dictionary & concordance

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:10

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Ruth 2:13

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Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ruth 2:13 · retained source text

Then she said, Let me finde fauour in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted mee, and for that thou hast spoken friendly vnto thine handmaid, though I be not like vnto one of thy hand-maidens.

1611 marginal noteOr, I finde fauour.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the heart.

Ruth 4:11

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And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ruth 4:11 · retained source text

And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders said, Wee are witnesses: The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house, like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and bee famous in Bethlehem.

1611 marginal noteOr, get thee riches or power.

1611 marginal noteHebr. proclaime thy name.

Ruth 4:12

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And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

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1611 witness · Ruth 4:12 · retained source text

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, ( whom Tamar bare vnto to Iudah) of the seed which the LORD shall giue thee of this yong woman.

1611 marginal noteGen. 38.29. 1.Chro. 2.4. matt. 1.3.

Complete reference index — all 581 verses

Genesis 13:10 Genesis 25:25 Exodus 7:11 Exodus 8:10 Exodus 9:14 Exodus 9:24 Exodus 11:6 Exodus 15:11 Exodus 16:31 Exodus 23:11 Exodus 24:17 Exodus 25:33 Exodus 25:34 Exodus 28:11 Exodus 28:21 Exodus 28:36 Exodus 30:32 Exodus 30:33 Exodus 30:34 Exodus 30:38 Exodus 34:1 Exodus 34:4 Exodus 37:19 Exodus 37:20 Exodus 39:8 Exodus 39:14 Exodus 39:30 Leviticus 13:2 Numbers 23:10 Deuteronomy 4:32 Deuteronomy 7:26 Deuteronomy 10:1 Deuteronomy 10:3 Deuteronomy 17:14 Deuteronomy 18:8 Deuteronomy 18:15 Deuteronomy 18:18 Deuteronomy 22:3 Deuteronomy 25:7 Deuteronomy 25:8 Deuteronomy 29:23 Deuteronomy 33:17 Deuteronomy 33:26 Deuteronomy 33:29 Deuteronomy 34:10 Joshua 10:14 Judges 7:12 Judges 11:17 Judges 13:6 Judges 16:12 Judges 16:17 Ruth 2:13 Ruth 4:11 Ruth 4:12 1 Samuel 2:2 1 Samuel 4:9 1 Samuel 8:5 1 Samuel 8:20 1 Samuel 10:24 1 Samuel 17:7 1 Samuel 19:24 1 Samuel 21:9 1 Samuel 25:36 1 Samuel 26:15 2 Samuel 7:9 2 Samuel 7:22 2 Samuel 7:23 2 Samuel 18:27 2 Samuel 21:19 2 Samuel 22:34 1 Kings 3:12 1 Kings 3:13 1 Kings 5:6 1 Kings 7:8 1 Kings 7:26 1 Kings 7:33 1 Kings 8:23 1 Kings 10:20 1 Kings 12:32 1 Kings 16:3 1 Kings 16:7 1 Kings 18:44 1 Kings 20:25 1 Kings 20:27 1 Kings 21:22 1 Kings 21:25 1 Kings 22:13 2 Kings 3:2 2 Kings 5:14 2 Kings 9:9 2 Kings 9:20 2 Kings 13:7 2 Kings 14:3 2 Kings 16:2 2 Kings 17:14 2 Kings 17:15 2 Kings 18:5 2 Kings 18:32 2 Kings 23:25 2 Kings 25:17 1 Chronicles 4:27 1 Chronicles 11:23 1 Chronicles 12:8 1 Chronicles 12:22 1 Chronicles 14:11 1 Chronicles 17:8 1 Chronicles 17:20 1 Chronicles 17:21 1 Chronicles 20:5 1 Chronicles 27:23 2 Chronicles 1:9 2 Chronicles 1:12 2 Chronicles 4:5 2 Chronicles 6:14 2 Chronicles 9:19 2 Chronicles 18:12 2 Chronicles 21:6 2 Chronicles 21:13 2 Chronicles 21:19 2 Chronicles 22:4 2 Chronicles 28:1 2 Chronicles 30:7 2 Chronicles 30:26 2 Chronicles 33:2 2 Chronicles 35:18 Nehemiah 6:5 Nehemiah 13:26 Esther 2:20 Job 1:8 Job 2:3 Job 3:24 Job 5:26 Job 7:1 Job 8:2 Job 10:10 Job 11:12 Job 12:25 Job 13:12 Job 14:2 Job 14:9 Job 15:16 Job 16:14 Job 19:10 Job 20:7 Job 21:11 Job 30:19 Job 32:19 Job 34:7 Job 36:22 Job 38:3 Job 40:7 Job 40:9 Job 40:17 Job 40:18 Job 41:18 Job 41:31 Job 41:33 Job 42:8 Psalms 1:3 Psalms 1:4 Psalms 2:9 Psalms 7:2 Psalms 17:12 Psalms 18:33 Psalms 22:14 Psalms 22:15 Psalms 28:1 Psalms 29:6 Psalms 31:12 Psalms 35:10 Psalms 36:6 Psalms 37:2 Psalms 37:35 Psalms 39:11 Psalms 44:11 Psalms 49:12 Psalms 49:14 Psalms 49:20 Psalms 52:2 Psalms 52:8 Psalms 55:6 Psalms 58:4 Psalms 58:8 Psalms 59:6 Psalms 59:14 Psalms 64:3 Psalms 71:19 Psalms 72:6 Psalms 72:16 Psalms 73:5 Psalms 77:20 Psalms 78:16 Psalms 78:27 Psalms 78:52 Psalms 78:57 Psalms 78:65 Psalms 78:69 Psalms 79:3 Psalms 79:5 Psalms 80:1 Psalms 80:10 Psalms 82:7 Psalms 83:11 Psalms 83:13 Psalms 86:8 Psalms 88:5 Psalms 88:17 Psalms 89:8 Psalms 89:46 Psalms 90:5 Psalms 92:10 Psalms 92:12 Psalms 97:5 Psalms 102:3 Psalms 102:4 Psalms 102:6 Psalms 102:9 Psalms 102:11 Psalms 102:26 Psalms 103:5 Psalms 103:13 Psalms 104:2 Psalms 105:41 Psalms 107:27 Psalms 107:41 Psalms 109:18 Psalms 109:23 Psalms 113:5 Psalms 114:4 Psalms 114:6 Psalms 115:8 Psalms 118:12 Psalms 119:83 Psalms 119:119 Psalms 119:176 Psalms 126:1 Psalms 128:3 Psalms 133:2 Psalms 135:18 Psalms 140:3 Psalms 143:7 Psalms 144:4 Psalms 147:16 Psalms 147:17 Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 17:22 Proverbs 18:19 Proverbs 20:5 Proverbs 23:32 Proverbs 25:11 Proverbs 25:14 Proverbs 25:19 Proverbs 25:28 Proverbs 26:4 Proverbs 26:17 Proverbs 26:23 Proverbs 28:3 Proverbs 31:14 Song of Solomon 2:9 Song of Solomon 2:17 Song of Solomon 3:6 Song of Solomon 4:2 Song of Solomon 4:3 Song of Solomon 4:4 Song of Solomon 4:5 Song of Solomon 4:11 Song of Solomon 5:13 Song of Solomon 6:12 Song of Solomon 7:1 Song of Solomon 7:2 Song of Solomon 7:3 Song of Solomon 7:4 Song of Solomon 7:5 Song of Solomon 7:7 Song of Solomon 7:8 Song of Solomon 7:9 Song of Solomon 8:10 Song of Solomon 8:14 Isaiah 1:9 Isaiah 1:18 Isaiah 2:6 Isaiah 3:18 Isaiah 5:28 Isaiah 5:29 Isaiah 5:30 Isaiah 9:18 Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 10:13 Isaiah 10:16 Isaiah 11:7 Isaiah 11:16 Isaiah 13:4 Isaiah 14:10 Isaiah 14:14 Isaiah 14:19 Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 17:12 Isaiah 17:13 Isaiah 18:4 Isaiah 19:16 Isaiah 20:3 Isaiah 22:18 Isaiah 24:20 Isaiah 26:17 Isaiah 27:10 Isaiah 29:5 Isaiah 30:33 Isaiah 31:4 Isaiah 33:4 Isaiah 33:9 Isaiah 36:17 Isaiah 38:12 Isaiah 38:14 Isaiah 40:11 Isaiah 42:13 Isaiah 42:14 Isaiah 46:5 Isaiah 46:9 Isaiah 48:19 Isaiah 49:2 Isaiah 50:7 Isaiah 51:3 Isaiah 51:6 Isaiah 51:8 Isaiah 53:6 Isaiah 57:20 Isaiah 58:1 Isaiah 58:11 Isaiah 59:10 Isaiah 59:11 Isaiah 59:19 Isaiah 63:2 Isaiah 64:6 Isaiah 65:25 Isaiah 66:12 Isaiah 66:14 Isaiah 66:15 Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 4:4 Jeremiah 5:19 Jeremiah 6:23 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 9:12 Jeremiah 10:6 Jeremiah 10:7 Jeremiah 10:16 Jeremiah 11:19 Jeremiah 12:3 Jeremiah 14:6 Jeremiah 17:6 Jeremiah 21:12 Jeremiah 23:9 Jeremiah 23:29 Jeremiah 24:2 Jeremiah 24:5 Jeremiah 25:34 Jeremiah 26:6 Jeremiah 26:9 Jeremiah 26:18 Jeremiah 29:17 Jeremiah 29:22 Jeremiah 30:7 Jeremiah 31:28 Jeremiah 32:42 Jeremiah 36:32 Jeremiah 38:9 Jeremiah 46:8 Jeremiah 46:20 Jeremiah 46:21 Jeremiah 46:22 Jeremiah 48:6 Jeremiah 48:28 Jeremiah 48:36 Jeremiah 48:38 Jeremiah 49:19 Jeremiah 50:42 Jeremiah 50:44 Jeremiah 51:19 Jeremiah 51:33 Jeremiah 51:34 Jeremiah 51:38 Jeremiah 51:40 Jeremiah 51:55 Jeremiah 52:22 Lamentations 1:6 Lamentations 1:12 Lamentations 1:21 Lamentations 2:3 Lamentations 2:4 Lamentations 2:13 Lamentations 2:18 Lamentations 2:19 Lamentations 3:52 Lamentations 4:3 Lamentations 4:8 Lamentations 5:10 Ezekiel 1:7 Ezekiel 1:13 Ezekiel 1:16 Ezekiel 1:24 Ezekiel 2:8 Ezekiel 5:9 Ezekiel 7:16 Ezekiel 12:11 Ezekiel 13:4 Ezekiel 16:16 Ezekiel 18:10 Ezekiel 18:14 Ezekiel 19:10 Ezekiel 20:36 Ezekiel 22:25 Ezekiel 22:27 Ezekiel 23:18 Ezekiel 23:20 Ezekiel 25:8 Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:14 Ezekiel 26:19 Ezekiel 27:32 Ezekiel 31:2 Ezekiel 31:8 Ezekiel 31:18 Ezekiel 32:2 Ezekiel 32:14 Ezekiel 36:35 Ezekiel 36:37 Ezekiel 38:9 Ezekiel 40:3 Ezekiel 40:25 Ezekiel 41:25 Ezekiel 42:11 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13:29 Luke 3:22 Luke 6:23 Luke 6:47 Luke 6:48 Luke 6:49 Luke 7:31 Luke 7:32 Luke 12:27 Luke 12:36 Luke 13:18 Luke 13:19 Luke 13:21 Luke 20:31 John 1:32 John 7:46 John 8:55 John 9:9 Acts 1:11 Acts 2:3 Acts 3:22 Acts 7:37 Acts 8:32 Acts 11:17 Acts 14:15 Acts 17:29 Acts 19:25 Romans 1:23 Romans 1:28 Romans 6:4 Romans 9:29 1 Corinthians 16:13 Galatians 5:21 Philippians 3:21 1 Thessalonians 2:14 1 Timothy 2:9 Hebrews 2:17 Hebrews 4:15 Hebrews 7:3 James 1:6 James 1:23 James 5:17 1 Peter 3:21 2 Peter 1:1 1 John 3:2 Jude 1:7 Revelation 1:13 Revelation 1:14 Revelation 1:15 Revelation 2:18 Revelation 4:3 Revelation 4:6 Revelation 4:7 Revelation 9:7 Revelation 9:10 Revelation 9:19 Revelation 11:1 Revelation 13:2 Revelation 13:4 Revelation 13:11 Revelation 14:14 Revelation 16:13 Revelation 18:18 Revelation 18:21 Revelation 21:11 Revelation 21:18

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Genesis 13:10 1 Kings 20:27 Psalms 28:1 Proverbs 25:11 Isaiah 63:2 Ezekiel 25:8 Matthew 12:13 Revelation 21:18

Historical English dictionary sources

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Skeat 1893

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likely.

printed p. 271; PDF p. 291; Internet Archive leaf n290

Skeat 1893

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To please.

printed p. 271; PDF p. 291; Internet Archive leaf n290

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

A person or thing resembling another; an equal.

volume 2, leaf 63, column 2 (main_dictionary)

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