Please
בִּיStrong’s H0994bi
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bi is the Hebrew word usually translated “pardon me” and “pardon us”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:”
Meaning
- If it please, pray excuse me, excuse me pleaseused to introduce an entreaty or request
How it's translated
- pardon me 11
- pardon us 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 3
- Genesis 2
- Exodus 2
- 1 Kings 2
- Numbers 1
- Joshua 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 44:18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
- Exodus 4:10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
- Exodus 4:13And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
- Numbers 12:11And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
- Joshua 7:8O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
- Judges 6:13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Hebrew dictionary
בִּי bi · please
1) if it please, pray excuse me, excuse me please 1a) used to introduce an entreaty or request
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “please” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEASE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin placere, placeo.]
- 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
- To satisfy; to content.
- To prefer; to have satisfaction in; to like; to choose.“They that are in the flesh cannot please God” Romans 8:8
All definitions and other forms of “please”
PLEASE, verb intransitive
s as z. To like; to choose; to prefer.
- To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.