'Seemed' in the Bible

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim! To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.”

The plan seemed good to me, so I selected 12 men from among you, one man for each tribe.

Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself sick over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her.

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.

When I tried to understand all this,it seemed hopeless

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire enclosing it all around. From what seemed to be His waist down, I also saw what looked like fire. There was a brilliant light all around Him.

I looked, and there was a form that had the appearance of a man. From what seemed to be His waist down was fire, and from His waist up was something that looked bright, like the gleam of amber.

It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,

But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but He does it for our benefit, so that we can share His holiness.