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Set:

"to cause to stand," is translated "to set" in Mat 4:5 (aorist tense in the best texts; some have the present, as in AV); 18:2; 25:33; Mar 9:36; Luk 4:9; 9:47; Jhn 8:3; Act 4:7; 5:27; 6:6; in Act 6:13, "set up;" Act 22:30; in Jud 1:24, RV, "to set" (AV, "to present").
See ABIDE, No. 10.

Set:

lit., "to set down" (kata, "down," and No. 1), "to appoint, constitute," is translated "to set" in Mat 24:45, 47; 25:21, 23, RV (AV, "made"); so Luk 12:42, 44; it is found in some mss. in Hbr 2:7, and translated "set over" (AV).
See APPOINT, No. 2.

Set:

"to put, to place," is translated "to set" in Act 1:7, of times and seasons (AV, "put"); Act 13:47; Rev 10:2; "setteth on" (of wine) in Jhn 2:10, RV (AV, "doth set forth"); in the AV of Mar 4:21 (2nd part) and in Luk 8:16 it is rendered "set" (RV, "put"), of a lamp (some texts have No. 6 in both). In Mar 4:30 it is used of "setting" forth by parable the teaching concerning the Kingdom of God, RV, "shall we set (it) forth" (AV, "compare").
See APPOINT, No. 3.

Set:

"to place beside" (para, "beside," and No. 3), "to set forth," of a parable, Mat 13:24, RV (AV, "put forth"); "to set before," of food, Mar 6:41; 8:6 (twice), 7; Luk 9:16; 10:8; 11:6; Act 16:34; 1Cr 10:27.
See ALLEGE, No. 1, PUT, No. 3.

Set:

"to place or put around" (peri, "around," and No. 3), is translated "to set about" (of a hedge) in Mar 12:1.
See BESTOW, No. 5, PUT.

Set:

"to put, set or lay upon," is used of the placing over the head of Christ on the cross "His accusation," Mat 27:37, "set up;" of attacking a person, Act 18:10, "shall set on."
See ADD, No. 1.

Set:

"to set before" (pro, "before," and No. 3), is used in the Middle Voice, translated "set forth," of Christ, in Rom 3:25 (RV marg., "purposed").
See PURPOSE, B, No. 3.

Set:

"to give," is translated "I have set before" in Rev 3:8 (RV marg., "given").
See GIVE.

Set:

used transitively, signifies "to cause to sit down, set, appoint," translated "to set" in Act 2:30, RV (AV, incorrectly, "to set"); in 1Cr 6:4, of appointing, i.e., obtaining the services of, judges in lawcourts; in Eph 1:20, RV, "made (Him) to sit" (AV, "set").

Note: In Hbr 8:1, kathizo is used intransitively, RV, "sat down" (AV, "is set"); so in Hbr 12:2, RV, "hath sat down" (AV, "is set down"); Rev 3:21, RV, "I... sat down" (AV, "am set down"). So epikathizo in Mat 21:7 (last part), RV, "He sat" [some mss. have the plural in a transitive sense, AV, "they set (Him)]."
See SIT, No. 8.

Set:

"to arrange, assign, order," is translated "set (under authority)" in Luk 7:8. In 1Cr 16:15, RV, "have set (themselves)," AV, "addicted."
See APPOINT, No. 5.

Set:

"to arrange in order, draw up in order" (ana, "up," and the Middle Voice of No. 10), occurs in Luk 1:1, AV, "to set forth in order," RV, "to draw up."
See DRAW, No. 9.

Set:

"to sink into," is used of the "setting" of the sun, Mar 1:32, "did set;" Luk 4:40, "was setting." The sun, moon and stars were conceived of as sinking into the sea when they set.

Set:

"to reconcile" (sun, "together," allasso, "to change or exchange"), is translated "he... would have set (them at one, lit., 'into peace') again" in Act 7:26 (the imperfect tense being conative, expressing an attempt); some mss. have sunelauno, "to drive together, force together."

Set:

"to declare, proclaim," is translated "set forth" in Act 16:21, RV (AV, "teach"); "set I forth" in Act 17:23, RV (AV, "declare I").
See DECLARE, No. 4.

Set:

"to hold in," has a secondary significance of "setting oneself against a person," "being urgent against," Mar 6:19; Luk 11:53 (RV, marg.).
See ENTANGLE, No. 3, QUARREL, URGE.

Set:

lit., "to send forward" (pro, "forward," pempo, "to send"), is translated "set forward" in Tts 3:13, RV (AV, "bring") and in 3Jo 1:6, RV (AV, "bring forward"), of practical assistance to servants of God in their journeys.
See ACCOMPANY, No. 4.

Set:

"to show forth, declare," is translated "set forth" in 1Cr 4:9, here, a technical term, used for exhibiting gladiators in an arena, "last of all" referring to the grand finale, to make the most thrilling sport for the spectators (cp. 1Cr 15:32); prophets and others had preceded the apostles in the spectacle; in 2Th 2:4 it is used of the man of sin, who will "set (himself) forth (as God)," AV, "showing." Elsewhere Act 2:22; 25:7.
See APPROVE, PROVE. The word is frequently used in the papyri of the proclamation of the accession of a king or the appointment of an official. Cp. apodeixis, "demonstration," 1Cr 2:4.

Set:

"to place upon," is used of causing persons to mount animals for riding, Luk 10:34; 19:35; Act 23:24.

Set:

"to fix, establish," is rendered "He steadfastly set (His face)" in Luk 9:51.
See ESTABLISH, No. 1.

Set:

"to set straight, set up" (ana, "up," orthos, "straight"), is used in Act 15:16 in God's promise to "set" up the fallen tabernacle (skene, "tent") of David. The word is used in the papyri of rearing buildings again.
See LIFT, No. 6, STRAIGHT.

Set:

"to lie, to be laid" (used as the Passive Voice of tithemi, No. 3), is translated "to be set," e.g., in Mat 5:14 (of a city); Luk 2:34 (of Christ); Jhn 2:6 (of waterpots); 19:29 (of vessel of vinegar); Phl 1:16, RV (Phl 1:17, AV) (of the Apostle Paul); Rev 4:2 (of the throne in heaven).
See APPOINT, LAY, LIE.

Set:

"to be laid up" (ana "up"), "to recline at a meal," is so used in Jhn 6:11, "(to them) that were set down."
See LEAN, LIE, Note (1), SIT, No. 3.

Set:

signifies

(a) "to be set before" (pro, "before," and No. 21), and is so rendered in Hbr 6:18 of the hope of the believer; Hbr 12:1, of the Christian race; Hbr 12:2, of the joy "set" before Christ in the days of His flesh and at His death;

(b) "to be set forth," said of Sodom and Gomorrah, in Jud 1:7. It is used elsewhere in 2Cr 8:12, for which see FIRST, D, Note (2).

Set:

"to write before," is translated "were set forth (unto this condemnation)" in Jud 1:4, RV (AV, "ordained"); the evil teachers were "designated of old for this judgment" (cp. 2Pe 2:3). For the meaning of this verb in Gal 3:1, RV, "openly set forth," see OPENLY, No. 2, Note.
See WRITE.

Set:

an adjective (from tasso, A, No. 10), "ordered, fixed, set," is said of an appointed day, in Act 12:21. In the Sept., Job 12:5.

Notes:

(1) For "to set at liberty" (apoluo and apostello), see LIBERTY.

(2) In Act 21:2, AV, anago, "to set sail" (RV), is translated "set forth;" see LAUNCH.

(3) In Luk 22:55, AV, sunkathizo, "to sit down together" (RV), is translated "were set down together."
See SIT, No. 10.

(4) For Act 7:5, "to set his foot on," see FOOT, A, No. 1, Note.

(5) In Act 13:9, AV, atenizo, "to look fixedly, gaze," is rendered "set his eyes on" (RV, "fastened his eyes on").
See FASTEN, No. 1.

(6) In Mat 27:19, AV, kathemai, "to sit," is rendered "he was set down" (RV, "he was sitting").
See SIT, No. 1.

(7) In Jhn 13:12, (AV, anapipto, "to recline at table," is translated "was set down" (RV, "sat down;" marg., "reclined").
See RECLINE.

(8) In Mat 27:66 there is no word in the Greek representing the AV "setting;" the RV has "the guard being with them," lit., "with (meta) the guard."

(9) The verb is combined with other words, e.g., AFFECTION, FIRE, MIND, NOUGHT, ORDER, SEAL, UPROAR, VARIANCE.