'Seemed' in the Bible
And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.
And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.
And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.
And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.
There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.
And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;
And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.
And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.
And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them.
And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;
So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.
And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;
Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.
And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.
And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him.
Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.
In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel.
In the visions of God he took me into the land of Israel, and put me down on a very high mountain, on which there was, as it seemed, a building like a town opposite me.
And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their food from the king's table.
It has seemed good to me to make clear the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done with me.
And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.
And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.