Deuteronomy 23:16
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
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Amos 4:5
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
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אָהַב
ʼâhab · aw-hab'
1 times translated as this KJV form208 total Strong's occurrences
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Strong's KJV usage: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Strong's first: Amos 4:5Strong's last: Amos 4:5
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ṭôwb · tobe
1 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: Esther 8:8Strong's last: Esther 8:8
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He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
H2896
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
H157
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
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like
LIKE, adjective [Latin , Heb., Gr. See Lick and Lickerish.]
1. Equal in quantity, quality or degree; as a territory of like extent with another; men of like excellence.
More clergymen were impoverished by the late war, than ever in the like space before.
2. Similar; resembling; having resemblance.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are.
James 5:17.
Why might not other planets have been created for like uses with the earth, each for its own inhabitants?
LIKE is usually followed by to or unto, but it is often omitted.
What city is like unto this great city? Revelation 18:18.
I saw three unclean spirits like frogs. Revelation 16:13.
Among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Daniel 1:19.
3. Probably; likely, that is, having the resemblance or appearance of an event; giving reason to expect or believe.
He is like to die of hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread. Jeremiah 38:9.
Many were not easy to be governed, not like to conform themselves to strict rules.
LIKE, noun [elliptically, for like thing, like event, like person.]
1. some person or thing resembling another; an equal. The like lmay never happen again.
He was a man, take him for all and all, I shall not look upon his like again.
2. had like in the phrase, 'he had like to be defeated, ' seems to be a corruption; but perhaps like here is used for resemblance or probability, and has the character of a noun. At any rate, as a phrase, it is authorized by good usage.
LIKE, adverb
1. In the same manner.
- Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:8. Luke 12:27.
LIKE as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Psalms 103:5.
2. In a manner becoming.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. 1 Samuel 4:9.
3. Likely; probably; as like enough it will.
LIKE, verb transitive [Latin placeo and delecto, with prefixes.]
1. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve. it expresses less than love and delight. We like a plan or design, when we approve of it as correct or beneficial. We like the character or conduct of a man when it comports with our view of rectitude. We like food that the taste relishes. We like whatever gives us pleasure.
He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving.
2. to please; to be agreeable to.
This desire being recommended to her majesty, it like her to include the same within one entire lease. obsolete
3. To liken. obsolete
LIKE, verb intransitive
1. To be pleased; to choose.
He may go or stay, as he likes.
2. To like of, to be pleased. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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