Genesis 16:6
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
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Pleaseth
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Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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טוֹב
ṭôwb · tobe
2 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: Genesis 20:15Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:26
Open full H2896 profile →חָפֵץ
châphêts · khaw-fates'
1 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
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.
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Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 8:3Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 8:3
Open full H2654 profile →יָטַב
yâṭab · yaw-tab'
1 times translated as this KJV form110 total Strong's occurrences
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).
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Strong's first: Esther 2:4Strong's last: Esther 2:4
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Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
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please
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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