KJV dictionary & concordance

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.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

35 occurrences35 verses20 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 28:6

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Isaiah 30:33

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For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 30:33 · retained source text

For Tophet is ordained of olde; yea, for the king it is prepared, he hath made it deepe and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood, the breath of the LORD, like a streame of brimstone, doeth kindle it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from yesterday.

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

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.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Numbers 28:6 Psalms 8:3 Jeremiah 1:5 Mark 3:14 Acts 13:48 Acts 17:31 Romans 13:1 Ephesians 2:10 Hebrews 9:6 Jude 1:4 Acts 10:42

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Appointed; instituted; established; settled.

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