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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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Proverbs 1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:25 · retained source text

But ye haue set at nought all my counsell, & would none of my reproofe:

Proverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:27 · retained source text

When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth.

1611 marginal noteOr, a circle.

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 22:28 · retained source text

Remoue not the ancient land marke, which thy fathers haue set.

1611 marginal noteOr, bound.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.10. deut. 19 14. & 27.7.

Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:5 · retained source text

Wilt thou set thine eyes vpon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselues wings, they fly away as an Eagle toward heauen.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly vpon?

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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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