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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 27:10
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:10 · retained source text

They of Persia, and of Lud, and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of warre: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee: they set forth thy comelines.

Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:2 · retained source text

Sonne of man, say vnto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the LORD God; Because thine heart is lifted vp, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seate of God in the middest of the seas; yet thou art a man and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heart.

1611 marginal noteIsai.31.13.

Ezekiel 28:14
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:14 · retained source text

Thou art the annointed Cherub that couereth: and I haue set thee so; thou wast vpon the holy mountaine of God; thou hast walked vp and downe in the middest of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 29:2
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 29:2 · retained source text

Sonne of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophecie against him, and against all Egypt.

Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:8 · retained source text

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I haue set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroied.

1611 marginal noteHebr. broken.

Ezekiel 30:14
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:14 · retained source text

And I wil make Pathros desolate, and wil set fire in Zoan, and will execute iudgements in No.

1611 marginal noteOr, Tanis.

Ezekiel 30:16
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:16 · retained source text

And I will set fire in Egypt, Sin shall haue great paine, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall haue distresses daily.

Ezekiel 31:4
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:4 · retained source text

The waters made him great, the deepe set him vp on high with her riuers running round about his plants, and sent out her little riuers vnto all the trees of the field.

1611 marginal noteOr, nourished.

1611 marginal noteOr, brought him vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. conduits.

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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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