KJV dictionary & concordance
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
First occurrence: Exodus 21:8
Complete exact-word concordance
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till he please.
1611 marginal noteChap 2.7. and 8.4.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue vntill he please.
1611 marginal noteHeb. why should yee stirre vp, or why,&c?
1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 2.7.
¶ 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.
¶ 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
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.
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.
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;
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:
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
And he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left mee alone: for I doe alwayes those things that please him.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
So then they that are in the flesh, cannot please God.
WE then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
¶ Wee then that are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues.
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
But I would haue you without carefulnesse. He that is vnmarried, careth for the things that belōgeth to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
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Historical English dictionary sources
To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
