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
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house vpon the earth: against which the streame did beate vehemently, and immediatly it fell, and the ruine of that house was great.
¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
¶ And the Lord said, whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
1611 marginal noteMat. 11.16
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
They are like vnto children sitting in the market place, & calling one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned to you, and yee haue not wept.
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Consider the Lillies how they growe, they toile not; they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of these.
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their Lord, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediately.
¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdome of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
1611 marginal noteMat. 13.31.
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
It is like a graine of mustard seed, which a man tooke, and cast into his garden, and it grew, and waxed a great tree: and the foules of the aire lodged in the branches of it.
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
It is like leauen, which a woman tooke and hidde in three measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.
1611 marginal noteSee Mat. 13.33.
And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
And the third tooke her, and in like maner the seuen also. And they left no children, and died.
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
And Iohn bare record saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heauen, like a Doue, and it abode vpon him.
1611 marginal noteMat. 3.16.
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Historical English dictionary sources
likely.
To please.
A person or thing resembling another; an equal.
