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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:17

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Exodus 32:22
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 32:22 · retained source text

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord waxe hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischiefe.

Exodus 35:9
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:9 · retained source text

And Onix stones, and stones to be set for the Ephod, and for the brestplate.

Exodus 35:27
And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:27 · retained source text

And the rulers brought Onix stones, and stones to be set for the Ephod, and for the brestplate:

Exodus 35:33
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:33 · retained source text

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in caruing of wood, to make any maner of cunning worke.

Exodus 37:3
And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 37:3 · retained source text

And hee cast for it foure rings of gold, to be set by the foure corners of it: euen two rings vpon the one side of it, and two rings vpon the other side of it.

Exodus 39:10
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 39:10 · retained source text

And they set in it foure rowes of stones: the first row was a Sardius, a Topaz, and a Carbuncle: this was the first row.

1611 marginal noteOr, Ruby.

Exodus 39:37
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 39:37 · retained source text

The pure Candlesticke, with the lampes thereof, euen with the lampes to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oyle for light:

Exodus 40:2
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:2 · retained source text

On the first day of the first moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation.

Exodus 40:4
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 40:4 · retained source text

And thou shalt bring in the Table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order vpon it, and thou shalt bring in the Candlesticke, and light the lampes thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the order thereof.

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.35.

Exodus 40:5
And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:5 · retained source text

And thou shalt set the Altar of gold for the incense before the Arke of the Testimonie, and put the hanging of the doore to the Tabernacle.

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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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