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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:17

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2 Kings 20:1
IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 20:1 · retained source text

¶ In those dayes was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amos came to him, and saide vnto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.

1611 marginal noteHebr. giue charge concerning thine house.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 32.24. Isa. 38.1.

2 Kings 21:7
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:7 · retained source text

And he set a grauen image of the groue that he had made, in the house, of which the LORD said to Dauid, and to Solomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all tribes of Israel, wil I put my Name for euer:

1611 marginal note1.King. 8.29. and 9.3. chap. 23.27.

2 Kings 25:19
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:19 · retained source text

And out of the citie hee tooke an Officer, that was set ouer the men of warre, and fiue men of them that were in the kings presence, which were found in the citie, and the principall Scribe of the hoste, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the citie.

1611 marginal noteOr, Eunuch.

1611 marginal noteHebr. saw the Kings face.

1611 marginal noteOr, scribe of the captaine of the hoste.

2 Kings 25:28
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:28 · retained source text

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne aboue the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

1611 marginal noteHeb. good things with him.

1 Chronicles 6:31
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:31 · retained source text

And these are they, whom Dauid set ouer the seruice of song in the house of the LORD, after that the Arke had rest.

1611 marginal noteChap. 16.1.

1 Chronicles 9:22
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:22 · retained source text

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates, were two hundred and twelue. These were reckoned by their genealogie in their villages: whom Dauid and Samuel the Seer, did ordeine in their set office.

1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.

1611 marginal noteOr, trust,

1 Chronicles 9:26
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:26 · retained source text

For these Leuites, the foure chiefe porters, were in their set office, and were ouer the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

1611 marginal noteOr, trust.

1611 marginal noteOr, storehouses.

1 Chronicles 9:31
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:31 · retained source text

And Mattithiah, one of the Leuites (who was the first borne of Shallum the Korahite) had the set office ouer the things that were made in the pannes.

1611 marginal noteOr, trust.

1611 marginal noteOr, on flat plates, or, slices.

1 Chronicles 11:14
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:14 · retained source text

And they set themselues in the middest of that parcell, and deliuered it, and slue the Philistines, & the LORD saued them by a great deliuerance.

1611 marginal noteOr, stood.

1611 marginal noteOr, saluation.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 23.13.

1 Chronicles 11:25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:25 · retained source text

Behold, hee was honourable among the thirtie, but attained not to the first three: and Dauid set him ouer his guard.

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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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