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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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Numbers 22:1
AND the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 22:1 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plaines of Moab, on this side Iordane by Iericho.

Numbers 24:1
AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 24:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Balaam sawe that it pleased the LORD to blesse Israel, hee went not, as at other times to seeke for inchantments, but hee set his face toward the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the meeting of inchantments.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.3,15.

Numbers 27:19
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 27:19 · retained source text

And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation: and giue him a charge in their sight.

Numbers 27:22
And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 27:22 · retained source text

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he tooke Ioshua and set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation.

Numbers 29:39
These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 29:39 · retained source text

These things ye shall doe vnto the LORD in your set feasts, besides your vowes, and your free will offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meate offerings, and for your drinke offerings, and for your peace offerings.

1611 marginal noteOr, offer.

Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:8 · retained source text

Behold, I haue set the land before you: Goe in, and possesse the land, which the LORD sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, to giue vnto them, and to their seed after them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. giuen.

1611 marginal noteGene. 15.18. and 17.7,8.

Deuteronomy 1:21
Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:21 · retained source text

Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: Goe vp, and possesse it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said vnto thee: Feare not, neither be discouraged.

Deuteronomy 4:8
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:8 · retained source text

And what nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Iudgements so righteous, as all this Law which I set before you this day?

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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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