KJV dictionary & concordance

pleased

Meaning of “pleased”

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

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

62 occurrences61 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 28:8

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Numbers 24:1

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AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Numbers 24:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Balaam sawe that it pleased the LORD to blesse Israel, hee went not, as at other times to seeke for inchantments, but hee set his face toward the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the meeting of inchantments.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.3,15.

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Genesis 28:8 Judges 14:7 1 Kings 9:1 Psalms 51:19 Malachi 1:8 Acts 12:3 1 Corinthians 7:13 2 Peter 1:17

Historical English dictionary sources

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Webster 1828

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Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.

volume 2, leaf 309, column 3 (main_dictionary)