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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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Judges 16:25
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 16:25 · retained source text

And it came to passe when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that hee may make vs sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house, and he made them sport, and they set him betweene the pillars.

1611 marginal noteHebr. before them.

Judges 18:30
¶ And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 18:30 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Dan set vp the grauen image: and Ionathan the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Manasseh, hee and his sonnes, were Priests to the tribe of Dan, vntill the day of the captiuitie of the land.

Judges 18:31
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 18:31 · retained source text

And they set them vp Micahs grauen image, which hee made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

Judges 20:22
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 20:22 · retained source text

And the people the men of Israel incouraged themselues, & set their battel againe in aray, in the place where they put themselues in aray the first day.

Judges 20:29
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 20:29 · retained source text

And Israel set lyers in waite round about Gibeah.

Judges 20:36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 20:36 · retained source text

So the children of Beniamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gaue place to the Beniamites, because they trusted vnto the lyers in wait, which they had set beside Gibeah.

Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 20:48 · retained source text

And the men of Israel turned againe vpon the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of euery citie, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

1611 marginal noteHeb. was found.

1611 marginal noteHeb. were found.

Ruth 2:5
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ruth 2:5 · retained source text

Then said Boaz vnto his seruant, that was set ouer the reapers, Whose damosell is this?

Ruth 2:6
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ruth 2:6 · retained source text

And the seruaunt that was set ouer the reapers, answered and said, It is the Moabitish damosell that came backe with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab:

1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:8 · retained source text

He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORDs, and hee hath set the world vpon them.

1611 marginal notePsal. 113.7.

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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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