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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 11–20 of 27 · 29 word occurrences in this result

Numbers 8:13
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:13 · retained source text

And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron, and before his sonnes, and offer them for an offering vnto the LORD.

Numbers 10:17
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:17 · retained source text

And the Tabernacle was taken downe, and the sonnes of Gershon, and the sonnes of Merari set forward, bearing the Tabernacle.

Numbers 10:18
¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:18 · retained source text

¶ And the standerd of the campe of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and ouer his hoste was Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

Numbers 10:21
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 10:21 · retained source text

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the Sanctuary, and the other did set vp the Tabernacle against they came.

1611 marginal noteThat is, the Gershomites, and the Merarites, See v. 17.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.4.

Numbers 10:22
¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:22 · retained source text

¶ And the standerd of the campe of the children of Ephraim set forward, according to their armies, and ouer his hoste was Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.

Numbers 10:25
¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:25 · retained source text

¶ And the standerd of the campe of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rere-ward of all the campes throughout their hostes: and ouer his hoste was Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 10:28
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 10:28 · retained source text

Thus were the iourneyings of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they set forward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. These.

Numbers 10:35
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 10:35 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the Arke set forward, that Moses said, Rise vp LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee before thee.

1611 marginal notePsal. 68.1,2.

Numbers 11:24
¶ And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 11:24 · retained source text

¶ And Moses went out, and tolde the people the wordes of the LORD, and gathered the seuenty men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle.

Numbers 21:8
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 21:8 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto Moses, Make thee a fierie serpent, and set it vpon a pole: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that is bitten, when hee looketh vpon it, shall liue.

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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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