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pleasant

Meaning of “pleasant”

Pleasing, agreeable, desirable, or delightful.

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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Hosea 13:15
¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
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¶ Though he be fruitfull among his brethren, an East winde shall come, the winde of the LORD shall come vp from the wildernesse, and his spring shall become drie, and his fountaine shalbe dried vp: he shall spoile the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vessels of desire.

1611 marginal noteEze. 19.12.

Joel 3:5
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
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1611 witness · Joel 3:5 · retained source text

Because yee haue taken my siluer and my gold, and haue caried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.

1611 marginal noteHeb. desireable.

Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vineyards of desire.

1611 marginal noteZeph.1.13.

Micah 2:9
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
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The women of my people haue ye cast out from their pleasant houses, from their children haue ye taken away my glory for euer.

1611 marginal noteOr, wiues.

Nahum 2:9
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
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Take ye the spoyle of siluer, take the spoile of golde: for there is none end of the store, and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

1611 marginal noteOr, And their infinite store, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vessels of desire.

Zechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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But I scattered them with a whirlewinde among all the nations, whom they knew not: thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through, nor returned: for they layed the pleasant land desolate.

1611 marginal noteHeb. land of desire.

Malachi 3:4
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
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Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem bee pleasant vnto the LORD, as in the dayes of old, and as in former yeeres.

1611 marginal noteOr, ancient.

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