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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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Matthew 5:1
AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:1 · retained source text

¶ And seeing the multitudes, he went vp into a mountaine: and when he was set, his disciples came vnto him.

Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:14 · retained source text

Yee are the light of the world. A citie that is set on an hill, cannot be hid.

Matthew 10:35
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:35 · retained source text

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, & the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

1611 marginal noteMic. 7.6.

Matthew 18:2
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 18:2 · retained source text

And Iesus called a little child vnto him, and set him in the midst of them,

Matthew 21:7
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 21:7 · retained source text

And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

Matthew 25:33
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 25:33 · retained source text

And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Matthew 27:19
¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:19 · retained source text

¶ When he was set downe on the Iudgement seate, his wife sent vnto him, saying, Haue thou nothing to doe with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame, because of him.

Matthew 27:37
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:37 · retained source text

And set vp ouer his head, his accusation written, THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE IEWES.

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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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