KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of please. Sense 1: Gave pleasure or satisfaction to, was agreeable or acceptable to, or was gratified. Sense 2: Chose, desired, willed, or saw fit.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 28:8
Complete exact-word concordance
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
For the LORD wil not forsake his people, for his great Names sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
And Michal Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they tolde Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1611 marginal noteHebr. was right in his eyes.
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
And when his seruants told Dauid these wordes, it pleased Dauid well to be the kings sonne in lawe: and the dayes were not expired.
1611 marginal noteHebr. fulfilled.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.
