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Set
King James Dictionary
or SET, pret. pp. set. L. sedo to compose, as a book, to dispose or put in order, to establish, found or institute, to possess, to cease L. sedo, sedeo and sido, coinciding with sit, but all of one family. From the Norman orthography of this word, we have assess, assise. See Assess. Heb. Ch. to set, to place.
1. To put or place to fix or cause to rest in a standing posture. We set a house on a wass of stone we set a book on a shelf. In this use, set differs from lay we set a thing on its end or basis we lay it on its side.
2. To put or place in its proper or natural posture. We set a chest or trunk on its bottom, not its end we set a bedstead or a table on its feet or laeg.
3. To put, place or fix in any situation. God set the sun, moon and stars in the firmament.
I do set my bow in the cloud. Genesis 9 .
4. To put into any condition or state.
The Lord the God will set thee on high. Duet. 28.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father. Matthew 10 .
So we say, to set in order, to set at ease, to set to work, or at work.
5. To put to fix to attach to.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain. Genesis 4 .
So we say, to set a label on a vial or a bale.
6. To fix to render motionless as, the eyes are set, the jaws are set.
7. To put or fix, as a price. We set a price on a house, farm or horse.
8. To fix to state by some rule.
The gentleman spoke with a set gesture and countenance. Carew.
The town of Berne has handsome fountains planted and set distances from one end of the street to the other. Addison.
9. To regulate or adjust as, to set a timepiece by the sun.
He sets judgement by his passion. Prior.
10. To fit to music to adapt with notes as, to set the words of a psalm to music.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Set'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/set.html.
