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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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Ezekiel 2:2
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 2:2 · retained source text

And the spirit entred into me, when hee spake vnto me, and set me vpon my feete, that I heard him that spake vnto me:

Ezekiel 3:24
Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 3:24 · retained source text

Then the spirit entred into me, and set me vpon my feet, and spake with me, and said vnto me, Goe shut thy selfe within thine house.

Ezekiel 4:2
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:2 · retained source text

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and set battering rammes against it round about.

1611 marginal noteOr, chiefe leaders.

Ezekiel 4:3
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:3 · retained source text

Moreouer take thou vnto thee an yron panne, and set it for a wall of yron betweene thee and the city, and set thy face against it, and it shalbe besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shalbe a signe to the house of Israel.

1611 marginal noteOr, a flat plate, or slice.

Ezekiel 4:7
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:7 · retained source text

Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Ierusalem, and thine arme shalbe vncouered, and thou shalt prophecie against it.

Ezekiel 5:5
¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:5 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD God; This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the midst of the nations and countreys that are round about her.

Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 6:2 · retained source text

Sonne of man, set thy face towardes the mountaines of Israel, and prophecie against them,

1611 marginal noteCha.36.1.

Ezekiel 7:20
¶ As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:20 · retained source text

¶ As for the beautie of his ornament, he set it in maiestie: but they made the images of their abominations, and of their detestable things therein: therefore haue I set it farre from them.

1611 marginal noteOr, made it vnto them an vncleane thing.

Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:4 · retained source text

And the LORD sayd vnto him, Goe through the middest of the citie, through the middest of Ierusalem, and set a marke vpon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and that cry for all the abominations, that bee done in the middest thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. marke a marke.

1611 marginal noteExod.12.7. reuel.7.3.

Ezekiel 12:6
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 12:6 · retained source text

In their sight shalt thou beare it vpon thy shoulders, and cary it foorth in the twy light: thou shalt couer thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I haue set thee for a signe vnto the house of Israel.

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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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