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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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Showing verses 61–70 of 664 · 695 word occurrences in this result

Exodus 40:6
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:6 · retained source text

And thou shalt set the Altar of the burnt offering, before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation.

Exodus 40:8
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:8 · retained source text

And thou shalt set vp the Court round about, and hang vp the hanging at the Court gate.

Exodus 40:18
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:18 · retained source text

And Moses reared vp the Tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set vp the boards thereof, and put in the barres thereof, and reared vp his pillars.

Exodus 40:20
¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:20 · retained source text

¶ And he tooke and put the testimony into the Arke, and set the staues on the Arke, and put the Mercie-seat aboue vpon the Arke.

Exodus 40:21
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 40:21 · retained source text

And he brought the Arke into the Tabernacle, and set vp the Uaile of the couering, and couered the Arke of the Testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.

1611 marginal noteChap. 35.12.

Exodus 40:23
And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:23 · retained source text

And he set the bread in order vpon it, before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:28
¶ And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:28 · retained source text

¶ And hee set vp the hanging, at the doore of the Tabernacle.

Exodus 40:30
¶ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:30 · retained source text

¶ And he set the Lauer betweene the Tent of the Congregation and the Altar, & put water there, to wash withall.

Exodus 40:33
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:33 · retained source text

And hee reared vp the Court round about the Tabernacle, and the Altar, & set vp the hanging of the Court gate: so Moses finished the worke.

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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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