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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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Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:8 · retained source text

Then the nations set against him on euery side from the prouinces, and spread their net ouer him: he was taken in their pit.

Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:46 · retained source text

Sonne of man, set thy face toward the South, and drop thy word toward the South, and prophesie against the forrest of the South field.

Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:15 · retained source text

I haue set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruines be multiplied. Ah, it is made bright, it is wrapt vp for the slaughter.

1611 marginal noteOr, glittering, or feare.

1611 marginal noteOr, sharpened.

Ezekiel 21:16
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:16 · retained source text

Goe thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoeuer thy face is set.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set thy selfe, take the left hand.

Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:7 · retained source text

In thee haue they set light by father and mother: in the middest of thee haue they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widow:

1611 marginal noteOr, deceit

Ezekiel 22:10
In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:10 · retained source text

In thee haue they discouered their fathers nakednesse: in thee haue they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 18.8. and 20.11.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 18.19.

Ezekiel 23:24
And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:24 · retained source text

And they shall come against thee with charets, wagons and wheeles, and with an assemblie of people which shall set against thee buckler, and shield, and helmet round about: and I will set iudgement before them, and they shal iudge thee according to their iudgements.

Ezekiel 23:25
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:25 · retained source text

And I will set my ielousie against thee, and they shall deale furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine eares, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sonnes and thy daughters, and thy residue shal be deuoured by the fire.

Ezekiel 23:41
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:41 · retained source text

And satest vpon a stately bedde, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oile.

1611 marginal noteHeb. honourable.

1611 marginal noteProu.7.17

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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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