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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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Exodus 21:1
NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:1 · retained source text

¶ Now these are the Iudgements which thou shalt set before them.

Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 23:31 · retained source text

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea, euen vnto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert vnto the riuer: for I will deliuer the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt driue them out before thee.

Exodus 25:7
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 25:7 · retained source text

Onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.

1611 marginal noteChap. 28.4.

1611 marginal noteChap. 28.15.

Exodus 26:17
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 26:17 · retained source text

Two tenons shall there be in one board set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the Tabernacle.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hands

Exodus 26:35
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 26:35 · retained source text

And thou shalt set the table without the Uaile, and the candlesticke ouer against the table, on the side of the Tabernacle toward the South: and thou shalt put the table on the North side.

Exodus 28:11
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 28:11 · retained source text

With the worke of an engrauer in stone; like the engrauings of a signet shalt thou engraue the two stones, with the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

1611 marginal noteWisd. 18.24.

Exodus 28:17
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 28:17 · retained source text

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones; euen foure rowes of stones: the first row shalbe a Sardius, a Topaz, and a Carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fill in it fillings of stone.

1611 marginal noteOr, Ruby.

Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 28:20 · retained source text

And the fourth row, a Berill, and an Onix, and a Iasper: they shalbe set in gold in their inclosings.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fillings.

Exodus 31:5
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 31:5 · retained source text

And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in caruing of timber, to worke in all maner of workemanship.

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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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