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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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Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:8 · retained source text

The Cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the Firre trees were not like his boughes, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches: not any tree in the garden of God, was like vnto him in his beautie.

1611 marginal noteGen.2.

Ezekiel 31:18
¶ To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:18 · retained source text

¶ To whom art thou thus like in glory & in greatnesse among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought downe with the trees of Eden vnto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the middest of the vncircumcised, with them that be slaine by the sword: this is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the LORD God.

Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:2 · retained source text

Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say vnto him; Thou art like a young lyon of the nations, & thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy riuers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their riuers.

1611 marginal noteOr, dragon.

Ezekiel 32:14
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:14 · retained source text

Then will I make their waters deepe, and cause their riuers to runne like oyle, saith the LORD God.

Ezekiel 36:35
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:35 · retained source text

And they shall say, This land that was desolate, is become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities, are become fenced, and are inhabited.

1611 marginal noteChap.28.13.

Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:37 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD God, I wil yet for this bee enquired of by the house of Israel, to doe it for them: I will increase them with men like a flocke.

Ezekiel 38:9
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 38:9 · retained source text

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storme, thou shalt be like a cloud to couer the land, thou and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

Ezekiel 40:3
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:3 · retained source text

And he brought mee thither, and behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brasse, with a line of flaxe in his hand, & a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

Ezekiel 40:25
And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:25 · retained source text

And there were windowes in it, and in the arches thereof round about, like those windowes, the length was fiftie cubites, and the breadth fiue and twentie cubites.

Ezekiel 41:25
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:25 · retained source text

And there were made on them, on the doores of the Temple, Cherubims and Palme-trees, like as were made vpon the walles, and there were thicke planckes vpon the face of the porch without.

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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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