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appoint

Meaning of “appoint”

Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
41 occurrences38 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 30:28

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Ezekiel 21:19
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:19 · retained source text

Also thou sonne of man, appoint thee two wayes, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twaine shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the citie.

Ezekiel 21:20
appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:20 · retained source text

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Iudah in Ierusalem the defenced.

Ezekiel 21:22
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:22 · retained source text

At his right hand was the diuination for Ierusalem to appoint captaines, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift vp the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rammes against the gates, to cast a mount and to build a fort.

1611 marginal noteOr, battering rams.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rams.

Ezekiel 45:6
¶ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 45:6 · retained source text

¶ And ye shall appoint the possession of the citie fiue thousand broad, and fiue and twentie thousand long ouer against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

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To allot, assign or designate. […] To settle; to fix, name or determine by agreement; as, they appointed a time and place for the meeting.

volume 1, leaf 188, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 222)