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please

Meaning of “please”

Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
39 occurrences39 verses22 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 21:8

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Isaiah 2:6
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¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 2:6 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Iacob; because they be replenished from the East, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselues in the children of strangers.

1611 marginal noteOr, more then the East.

1611 marginal noteOr, abound with the children. &c

Isaiah 55:11
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So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 55:11 · retained source text

So shall my word bee that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not returne vnto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 56:4
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For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
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1611 witness · Isaiah 56:4 · retained source text

For thus saith the LORD vnto the Eunuches that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please mee, and take hold of my couenant:

Complete reference index — all 39 verses
Exodus 21:8Numbers 23:271 Samuel 20:132 Samuel 7:291 Kings 21:61 Chronicles 17:272 Chronicles 10:7Nehemiah 2:5Nehemiah 2:7Esther 1:19Esther 3:9Esther 5:8Esther 7:3Esther 8:5Esther 9:13Job 6:9Job 20:10Psalms 69:31Proverbs 16:7Song of Solomon 2:7Song of Solomon 3:5Song of Solomon 8:4Isaiah 2:6Isaiah 55:11Isaiah 56:4John 8:29Romans 8:8Romans 15:1Romans 15:21 Corinthians 7:321 Corinthians 7:331 Corinthians 7:341 Corinthians 10:33Galatians 1:101 Thessalonians 2:151 Thessalonians 4:12 Timothy 2:4Titus 2:9Hebrews 11:6

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Exodus1 occurrence
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1 verse1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah2 occurrences
2 versesEsther6 occurrences
6 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon3 occurrences
3 versesIsaiah3 occurrences
3 versesJohn1 occurrence
1 verseRomans3 occurrences
3 verses1 Corinthians4 occurrences
4 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseTitus1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews1 occurrence
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Webster 1828

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To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.

volume 2, leaf 309, column 3 (main_dictionary)