Bible Encyclopedias
Settle (2)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

The Hebrew language has 8 words which are thus translated: yāshabh , nāḥath , ‛āmadh , shāḳat , tābha‛ , nācabh , māḳōm , ḳāphā' . Now the meaning is to settle down, to cause to occur ( Ezekiel 36:11 the King James Version; 1 Chronicles 17:14 ); then it denotes fixedness (2 Kings 8:11; Psalm 119:89; Proverbs 8:25 ); again it points to a condition of absolute quiescence, as the settlings on the lees (Jeremiah 48:11 ); and in still another place it means packing solidly together (Psalm 65:10 ). In the New Testament the words ἑδραῖος , hedraı́os , θεμελιόω , themelióō , and τίθημι , tı́thēmi , have been translated "settle." the Revised Version (British and American) in 1 Peter 5:10 has translated "establish," and the context unquestionably points to the idea of a fixed establishment in the faith. In Luke 21:14 the word translated "settle" evidently points to a fixed determination.