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ordained

Meaning of “ordained”

Sense 1: Appointed or set apart to an office, work, purpose, or end. Sense 2: Established, decreed, ordered, prescribed, prepared, arranged, or settled.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
35 occurrences35 verses20 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 28:6

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2 Chronicles 11:15
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:15 · retained source text

And hee ordeined him priests for the high places, and for the deuils, and for the calues which he had made.

2 Chronicles 23:18
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 23:18 · retained source text

Also Iehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the Priests the Leuites, whom Dauid had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offrings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with reioycing and with singing, as it was ordeined by Dauid.

1611 marginal noteHebr. by the hands of Dauid.

1611 marginal note1.Chro. 24.1.

1611 marginal noteNum. 28.2.

2 Chronicles 29:27
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:27 · retained source text

And Hezekiah commaunded to offer the burnt offering vpon the altar: and when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordeined by Dauid king of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the time.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hands of instruments.

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Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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Historical definitions

Appointed; instituted; established; settled.

volume 2, leaf 223, column 2 (participial entry)