Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
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If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Read in context →But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Read in context →6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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aréskō · ar-es'-ko
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
Strong's KJV usage: :--please.
Strong's first: Romans 8:8Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:4
Open full G700 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Strong's KJV usage: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 2:5Strong's last: Esther 7:3
Open full H2895 profile →châphêts · khaw-fates'
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Strong's KJV usage: × any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 2:7Strong's last: Isaiah 56:4
Open full H2654 profile →yâʼal · yaw-al'
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Strong's KJV usage: assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, × willingly, would.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 7:29Strong's last: Job 6:9
Open full H2974 profile →râtsâh · raw-tsaw'
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
Strong's KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 10:7Strong's last: Proverbs 16:7
Open full H7521 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
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 8:5Strong's last: Esther 9:13
Open full H2896 profile →yâṭab · yaw-tab'
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 20:13Strong's last: Psalms 69:31
Open full H3190 profile →arestós · ar-es-tos'
agreeable; by implication, fit
Strong's KJV usage: :--(things that) please(-ing), reason.
Strong's first: John 8:29Strong's last: John 8:29
Open full G701 profile →euarestéō · yoo-ar-es-teh'-o
to gratify entirely
Strong's KJV usage: :--please (well).
Strong's first: Hebrews 11:6Strong's last: Hebrews 11:6
Open full G2100 profile →euárestos · yoo-ar'-es-tos
fully agreeable
Strong's KJV usage: :--acceptable(-ted), wellpleasing.
Strong's first: Titus 2:9Strong's last: Titus 2:9
Open full G2101 profile →châphêts · khaw-fates'
pleased with
Strong's KJV usage: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 21:6Strong's last: 1 Kings 21:6
Open full H2655 profile →yâshar · yaw-shar'
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
Strong's KJV usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Strong's first: Numbers 23:27Strong's last: Numbers 23:27
Open full H3474 profile →çâphaq · saw-fak'
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
Strong's KJV usage: clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
Strong's first: Isaiah 2:6Strong's last: Isaiah 2:6
Open full H5606 profile →raʻ · rah
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Strong's KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Strong's first: Exodus 21:8Strong's last: Exodus 21:8
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Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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PLEASE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin placere, placeo.]
1. To excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to gratify; as, to please the taste; to please the mind.
Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son. Genesis 34:18.
Leave such to trifle with more grace than ease,
Whom folly pleases, and whose follies please
2. To satisfy; to content.
What next I bring shall please
Thy wish exactly to thy heart's desire.
3. To prefer; to have satisfaction in; to like; to choose.
Many of our most skilful painters were pleased or recommend this author to me.
To be pleased in or with, to approve; to have complacency in. Matthew 3:17.
To please God, is to love his character and law and perform his will, so as to become the object of his approbation.
They that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:8.
PLEASE, verb intransitive s as z. To like; to choose; to prefer.
Spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease
Assume what sexes and what shapes they please
1. To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
PLEASE you, lords,
In sight of both our battles we may meet.
The first words that I learnt were, to express my desire that he would please to give me my liberty.
PLEASE expresses less gratification than delight.
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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