KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 13:10
Complete exact-word concordance
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Who so boasteth himselfe of a false gift, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
1611 marginal noteHebr. in a gift of falshood.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Confidence in an vnfaithfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of ioynt.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Hee that hath no rule ouer his owne spirit, is like a citie that is broken downe, and without walles.
1611 marginal noteChap. 16.32.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answere not a foole according to his folly, lest thou also be like vnto him.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
He that passeth by, and medleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the eares.
1611 marginal noteOr, is enraged.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard couered with siluer drosse.
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
A poore man that oppresseth the poore, is like a sweeping raine which leaueth no food.
1611 marginal noteHeb. without foode.
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She is like the merchants ships, she bringeth her food from afarre.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
My beloued is like a Roe, or a yong Hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh foorth at the windowe, shewing himselfe through the lattesse.
1611 marginal noteVerse 17.
1611 marginal noteHeb. flourishing.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Untill the day breake, and the shadowes flee away: turne my beloued and be thou like a Roe, or a yong Hart, vpon the mountaines of Bether.
1611 marginal noteOr, of diuision.
1611 marginal noteChap.4.6
1611 marginal noteChap.8.14.
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Historical English dictionary sources
likely.
To please.
A person or thing resembling another; an equal.
