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pleasing

Meaning of “pleasing”

Sense 1: Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable or gaining favour or approval. Sense 2: The act of gratifying or seeking to please.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Esther 8:5

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “pleasing”

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Esther 8:5
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And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 8:5 · retained source text

And said, If it please the king, and if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing seeme right before the king, and I bee pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reuerse the letters deuised by Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, which hee wrote to destroy the Iewes, which are in all the kings prouinces.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the deuice.

1611 marginal noteOr, who wrote.

Hosea 9:4
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They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 9:4 · retained source text

They shall not offer wine offrings to the LORD: neither shall they be pleasing vnto him: their sacrifices shalbe vnto them as the bread of mourners: all that eate thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soule shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Colossians 1:10
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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 1:10 · retained source text

That ye might walke worthy of the Lord vnto all pleasing, being fruitfull in euery good worke, & increasing in the knowledge of God:

Colossians 3:20
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Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 3:20 · retained source text

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing vnto the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 2:4
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But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 2:4 · retained source text

But as we were allowed of God to bee put in trust with the Gospel, euen so wee speake, not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

1 John 3:22
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And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 John 3:22 · retained source text

And whatsoeuer we aske, wee receiue of him, because we keepe his commandement, and doe those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Esther 8:5

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

Gratifying; exciting agreeable sensations or emotions in. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable to the senses or the mind. Gaining approbation. The act of gratifying.

volume 2, leaf 309, column 3 (participial, adjective, and noun entries)