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.

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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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Jeremiah 21:12

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O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 21:12 · retained source text

Oh house of Dauid, thus saith the LORD, Execute iudgement in the morning, and deliuer him that is spoiled, out of the hand of the oppressour, lest my furie goe out like fire, and burne, that none can quench it, because of the euill of your doings.

1611 marginal noteHeb. iudge.

1611 marginal noteChap.22.2.

Jeremiah 23:9

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¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:9 · retained source text

¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets, all my bones shake: I am like a drunken man (and like a man whom wine hath ouercome) because of the LORD, and because of the words of his Holinesse.

Jeremiah 23:29

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Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:29 · retained source text

Is not my word like as a fire, saith the LORD? and like a hammer that breaketh the rocke in pieces?

Jeremiah 24:2

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One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:2 · retained source text

One basket had very good figges, euen like the figges that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figges, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for badnesse.

Jeremiah 24:5

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Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:5 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Like these good figges, so will I acknowledge them that are caried away captiue of Iudah, whom I haue sent out of this place into the land of the Caldeans for their good.

1611 marginal noteHeb. captiuitie.

Jeremiah 25:34

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¶ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:34 · retained source text

¶ Howle yee shepheards and cry, and wallow your selues in the ashes ye principall of the flocke: for the dayes of your slaughter, and of your dispersions are accomplished, and yee shall fall like a pleasant vessell.

1611 marginal noteHebr. your dayes for slaughter.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a vessell of desire.

1611 marginal noteChap.4.8 and 6.26.

Jeremiah 26:6

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Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:6 · retained source text

Then wil I make this house like Shiloh, and wil make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.4.12. Chap.7.12,14. psal. 78.60.

Jeremiah 26:9

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Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:9 · retained source text

Why hast thou prophecied in the Name of the LORD, saying, This house shalbe like Shiloh, and this city shalbe desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Ieremiah in the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:18

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Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:18 · retained source text

Micah the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and spake to all the people of Iudah, saying; Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Ierusalem shall become heapes, and the mountaine of the house, the hie places of a forrest.

1611 marginal noteMic.1.1. and 3.12.

Jeremiah 29:17

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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

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1611 witness · Jeremiah 29:17 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Beholde, I will send vpon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figges, that cannot be eaten, they are so euill.

1611 marginal noteChap.24.8,10.

1611 marginal noteChap.24.8.

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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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

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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

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A person or thing resembling another; an equal.

volume 2, leaf 63, column 2 (main_dictionary)

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