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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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Psalms 80:10
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 80:10 · retained source text

The hilles were couered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the Cedars of God.

Psalms 82:7
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 82:7 · retained source text

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the Princes.

Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 83:11 · retained source text

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

1611 marginal noteIudg.7.25. & 8.21.

Psalms 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 86:8 · retained source text

Among the gods there is none like vnto thee (O LORD:) neither are there any workes like vnto thy workes.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.24.

Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 88:5 · retained source text

Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

1611 marginal noteOr, by thy hand.

Psalms 88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 88:17 · retained source text

They came round about mee daily like water: they compassed mee about together.

1611 marginal noteOr, all the day.

Psalms 89:8
O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 89:8 · retained source text

O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like vnto thee? or to thy faithfulnesse round about thee?

Psalms 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 90:5 · retained source text

Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp.

1611 marginal noteOr, is changed.

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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.

volume 2, leaf 63, column 2 (main_dictionary)