KJV dictionary & concordance

appointment

Meaning of “appointment”

An act of appointing; an assigned office, arrangement, duty, or appointed time.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 4:27

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Numbers 4:27

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At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Numbers 4:27 · retained source text

At the appointment of Aaron and his sonnes, shall be all the seruice of the sonnes of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their seruice: and yee shall appoint vnto them in charge all their burdens.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mouth.

2 Samuel 13:32

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And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:32 · retained source text

And Ionadab the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they haue slaine all the yong men the Kings sonnes; for Amnon onely is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath beene determined, from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mouth

1611 marginal noteOr, setled.

Ezra 6:9

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And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Ezra 6:9 · retained source text

And that which they haue need of, both yong bullocks, and rammes, and lambes, for the burnt offerings of the God of heauen, wheat, salt, wine, and oyle, according to the appoyment of the priests which are at Ierusalem, let it be giuen them, day by day without faile:

Job 2:11

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¶ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 2:11 · retained source text

¶ Now when Iobs three friends heard of all this euill, that was come vpon him, they came euery one from his owne place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourne with him, and to comfort him.

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1 · KJV context and cross-references

Numbers 4:27 2 Samuel 13:32 Ezra 6:9 Job 2:11

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment of suitable men. […] Stipulation; assignation; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six o'clock.

volume 1, leaf 189, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 45)