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set

Meaning of “set”

1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
695 occurrences664 verses51 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:17

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Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 4:15 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto him, Therefore whosoeuer slayeth Cain, vengeance shalbe taken on him seuen fold. And the LORD set a marke vpon Cain, lest any finding him, should kill him.

Genesis 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 6:16 · retained source text

A window shalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue; and the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:13 · retained source text

I doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth.

Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 17:21 · retained source text

But my couenant wil I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, at this set time, in the next yeere.

Genesis 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 18:8 · retained source text

And he tooke butter, and milke, and the calfe which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them vnder the tree: and they did eate.

Genesis 19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 19:16 · retained source text

And while he lingred, the men laid hold vpon his hand, and vpon the hand of his wife, and vpon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being mercifull vnto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the citie.

1611 marginal noteWisd. 10.6.

Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 21:2 · retained source text

For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken to him.

1611 marginal noteActs 7.8. Gal. 4.22. Heb. 11.11.

Genesis 21:28
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:28 · retained source text

And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes of the flocke by themselues.

Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:29 · retained source text

And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen ewe lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

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Historical definitions

Placed; put; located; fixed; adjusted; composed; studded or adorned; reduced, as a dislocated or broken bone. Fixed in opinion; determined; firm; obstinate. Established; prescribed.

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