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
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
1611 marginal noteHeb. were euill in the eyes, &c.
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
And Iacob saide, Nay, I pray thee: if now I haue found grace in thy sight, then receiue my present at my hand: for therefore I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God; and thou wast pleased with me.
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamors sonne.
¶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
¶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaohs house, saying, Iosephs brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants.
1611 marginal noteHebr. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.
