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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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Showing verses 11–20 of 26 · 28 word occurrences in this result

Daniel 3:18
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 3:18 · retained source text

But if not, bee it knowen vnto thee, O king, that we will not serue thy gods, nor worship thy golden image, which thou hast set vp.

Daniel 5:19
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 5:19 · retained source text

And for the maiestie that hee gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would, he slew, & whom he would, he kept aliue, and whom he would hee set vp, and whom he would hee put downe.

Daniel 6:1
IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 6:1 · retained source text

¶ It pleased Darius to set ouer the kingdome an hundred and twenty Princes, which should be ouer the whole kingdome.

Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 6:3 · retained source text

Then this Daniel was preferred aboue the Presidents, and Princes, because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him ouer the whole realme.

Daniel 6:14
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 6:14 · retained source text

Then the king, when hee heard these wordes, was sore displeased with himselfe, and set his heart on Daniel to deliuer him: and he laboured till the going downe of the sunne, to deliuer him.

Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 7:10 · retained source text

A fierie streame issued, and came foorth from before him: thousand thousands ministred vnto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the iudgement was set, and the bookes were opened.

1611 marginal noteReu.5.11.

1611 marginal noteReu.22.12.

Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 8:18 · retained source text

Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deepe sleepe on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me vpright.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made me stand vpon my standing.

Daniel 9:3
¶ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 9:3 · retained source text

¶ And I set my face vnto the LORD God to seeke by prayer, and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Daniel 9:10
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 9:10 · retained source text

Neither haue we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walke in his Lawes which he set before vs, by his seruants the Prophets.

Daniel 10:10
¶ And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 10:10 · retained source text

¶ And behold, an hand touched me, which set me vpon my knees, and vpon the palmes of my hands.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mooued.

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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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