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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 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 40:7 · retained source text

Gird vp thy loynes now like a man: I will demaund of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

1611 marginal noteChap. 38.3.

Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 40:9 · retained source text

Hast thou an arme like God? or canst thou thunder with a voyce like him?

Job 40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 40:17 · retained source text

Hee moueth his taile like a Cedar: the sinewes of his stones are wrapt together.

1611 marginal noteOr, he setteth vp.

Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 40:18 · retained source text

His bones are as strong pieces of brasse: his bones are like barres of iron.

Job 41:18
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 41:18 · retained source text

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.

Job 41:31
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 41:31 · retained source text

He maketh the deepe to boyle like a pot: hee maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.

Job 41:33
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 41:33 · retained source text

Upon earth there is not his like: who is made without feare.

1611 marginal noteOr who behaue themselues without feare.

Job 42:8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 42:8 · retained source text

Therefore take vnto you now seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes, and goe to my seruant Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruant Iob shal pray for you, for him wil I accept: lest I deale with you after your folly, in that ye haue not spoken of mee the thing which is right, like my seruant Iob.

1611 marginal noteHeb. his face or person.

Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 1:3 · retained source text

And he shalbe like a tree planted by the riuers of water, that bringeth foorth his fruit in his season, his leafe also shall not wither, and whatsoeuer he doeth, shall prosper.

1611 marginal noteHebr.fade.

Psalms 1:4
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 1:4 · retained source text

The vngodly are not so: but are like the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.

1611 marginal notePsal.34.5. isa.17.13.

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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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