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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:17

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Showing verses 11–16 of 16 · 16 word occurrences in this result

Job 34:14
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If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:14 · retained source text

If he set his heart vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;

1611 marginal noteHebr. vpon him.

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.19.

Job 34:24
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He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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1611 witness · Job 34:24 · retained source text

He shall breake in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

1611 marginal noteHeb. without searching out.

Job 36:16
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Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
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1611 witness · Job 36:16 · retained source text

Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the rest of thy table.

Job 38:10
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And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,

1611 marginal noteOr, established my decree vpon it.

Job 38:33
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heauen? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

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Where “set” appears

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Genesis32 occurrences
32 versesExodus39 occurrences
38 versesLeviticus9 occurrences
9 versesNumbers29 occurrences
27 versesDeuteronomy27 occurrences
25 versesJoshua10 occurrences
10 versesJudges16 occurrences
16 versesRuth2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel24 occurrences
21 verses2 Samuel17 occurrences
16 verses1 Kings24 occurrences
21 verses2 Kings17 occurrences
17 verses1 Chronicles18 occurrences
18 verses2 Chronicles39 occurrences
37 versesEzra15 occurrences
15 versesNehemiah18 occurrences
17 versesEsther4 occurrences
4 versesJob16 occurrences
16 versesPsalms43 occurrences
42 versesProverbs5 occurrences
5 versesEcclesiastes5 occurrences
5 versesSong of Solomon5 occurrences
5 versesIsaiah28 occurrences
28 versesJeremiah43 occurrences
41 versesLamentations3 occurrences
3 versesEzekiel73 occurrences
66 versesDaniel28 occurrences
26 versesHosea7 occurrences
6 versesJoel1 occurrence
1 verseAmos3 occurrences
3 versesObadiah1 occurrence
1 verseNahum2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah5 occurrences
4 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew8 occurrences
8 versesMark9 occurrences
8 versesLuke14 occurrences
14 versesJohn7 occurrences
7 versesActs19 occurrences
19 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians6 occurrences
6 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians1 occurrence
1 verseColossians1 occurrence
1 verseTitus1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews7 occurrences
6 versesJames1 occurrence
1 verseJude1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation5 occurrences
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Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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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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