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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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Showing verses 211–220 of 581 · 669 word occurrences in this result

Psalms 92:10
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 92:10 · retained source text

But my horne shalt thou exalt like the horne of an vnicorne: I shalbe anointed with fresh oyle.

Psalms 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 92:12 · retained source text

The righteous shal flourish like the palme tree: hee shall growe like a cedar in Lebanon.

1611 marginal noteHose. 14.5

Psalms 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 97:5 · retained source text

The hilles melted like waxe at the presence of the LORD: at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.

Psalms 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 102:3 · retained source text

For my dayes are consumed like smoke: and my bones are burnt as an hearth.

1611 marginal noteOr, (as some reade) into smoke.

Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 102:6 · retained source text

I am like a Pelican of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the desert.

Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 102:9 · retained source text

For I haue eaten ashes like bread: and mingled my drinke with weeping.

Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 102:11 · retained source text

My dayes are like a shadow, that declineth: & I am withered like grasse.

1611 marginal noteEsa.40.6. iam.1.10.

Psalms 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 102:26 · retained source text

They shall perish, but thou shalt indure, yea all of them shall waxe old like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalbe changed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stand

Psalms 103:5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 103:5 · retained source text

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: so that thy youth is renewed like the Eagles.

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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.

volume 2, leaf 63, column 2 (main_dictionary)