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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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2 Chronicles 2:18
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:18 · retained source text

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourescore thousand to be hewers in the mountaine, and three thousand and sixe hundred ouerseers to set the people a worke.

1611 marginal noteAs it is in ver. 2.

2 Chronicles 3:5
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 3:5 · retained source text

And the greater house hee sieled with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palme trees and chaines.

2 Chronicles 4:4
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 4:4 · retained source text

It stood vpon twelue oxen: three looking toward the North, and three looking toward the West, and three looking toward the South, and three looking toward the East: and the Sea was set aboue vpon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

2 Chronicles 4:7
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 4:7 · retained source text

And hee made ten candlesticks of gold according to their forme, and set them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left.

2 Chronicles 4:19
¶ And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 4:19 · retained source text

¶ And Solomon made all the vessels, that were for the house of God, the golden Altar also, and the tables whereon the Shew-bread was set.

2 Chronicles 6:10
The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:10 · retained source text

The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen vp in the roome of Dauid my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and haue built the house for the Name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:13
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:13 · retained source text

(For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of fiue cubites long, and fiue cubites broad, and three cubites high, and had set it in the midst of the Court, and vpon it hee stood, and kneeled downe vpon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel, and spread foorth his hands towards heauen.)

1611 marginal noteHebr. the length thereof, &c.

2 Chronicles 7:19
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:19 · retained source text

But if yee turne away and forsake my Statutes and my Commandements which I haue set before you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and worship them:

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.14. deut. 28.15.

2 Chronicles 9:8
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 9:8 · retained source text

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be King for the LORD thy God: because thy God loued Israel, to establish them for euer, therefore made hee thee King ouer them, to doe iudgement and iustice.

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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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