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 the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
And the king saide vnto mee (the Queene also sitting by him) For how long shall thy iourney bee? and when wilt thou returne? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time.
1611 marginal noteHebr. wife.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.
