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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.

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:17

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Habakkuk 2:1
I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:1 · retained source text

¶ I will stand vpon my watch, & set mee vpon the towre, and will watch to see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall answere when I am reproued.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fenced place.

1611 marginal noteOr, in me.

1611 marginal noteOr, when I am argued with. Heb. vpon my reproofe or arguing.

1611 marginal noteIsai.21.8.

Habakkuk 2:9
¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:9 · retained source text

¶ Woe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that hee may be deliuered from the power of euill.

1611 marginal noteOr, gaineth an euill gaine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. palme of the hand.

1611 marginal noteIer.22.13.

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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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