KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:17
Complete exact-word concordance
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
1611 marginal notePsal. 118.22. mat. 21.42.
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, and the high Priest asked them,
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Whom they set before the Apostles: and when they had praied, they layd their hands on them.
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
And set vp false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speake blasphemous words against this holy place, and the Law.
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
And he gaue him none inheritance in it, no not so much as to set his foote on: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
And the next day he shewed himselfe vnto them as they stroue, and would haue set them at one againe, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren, Why doe yee wrong one to another?
1611 marginal noteExo. 2.13.
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
And vpon a set day Herod arayed in royall apparell, sate vpon his throne, and made an Oration vnto them.
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
For so hath the Lord cōmanded vs, saying, I haue set thee to bee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for saluation vnto the ends of the earth.
1611 marginal noteEsay 49.6.
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
After this I will returne, and wil build againe the Tabernacle of Dauid, which is fallen downe: and I will build againe the ruines thereof, and I will set it vp:
1611 marginal noteAmos 9.11
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Historical English dictionary sources
Placed; put; located; fixed; adjusted; composed; studded or adorned; reduced, as a dislocated or broken bone. Fixed in opinion; determined; firm; obstinate. Established; prescribed.
