And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
The 1611 reading
And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
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.
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.
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.
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.
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
I doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
But my couenant wil I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, at this set time, in the next yeere.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes of the flocke by themselues.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen ewe lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?
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Historical English dictionary sources
Placed; put; located; fixed; adjusted; composed; studded or adorned; reduced, as a dislocated or broken bone. Fixed in opinion; determined; firm; obstinate. Established; prescribed.