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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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
62 occurrences61 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 28:8

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1 Corinthians 7:12
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:12 · retained source text

But to the rest speake I, not the Lord, If any brother hath a wife that beleeueth not, and shee bee pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1 Corinthians 7:13
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:13 · retained source text

And the woman which hath an husband that beleeueth not, and if hee be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leaue him.

1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:5 · retained source text

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were ouerthrowen in the wildernesse.

1 Corinthians 15:38
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:38 · retained source text

But God giueth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to euery seed his owne body.

Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Galatians 1:10 · retained source text

For doe I now perswade men, or God? or doe I seeke to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not bee the seruant of Christ.

Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
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1611 witness · Galatians 1:15 · retained source text

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace,

Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 1:19 · retained source text

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulnesse dwell,

Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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1611 witness · Hebrews 11:5 · retained source text

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him: For before his translation he had this testimonie, that he pleased God.

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Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.

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