775 occurrences

'Set' in the Bible

Then he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, since he had believed in God with his entire family [accepting with joy what had been made known to them about the Christ].

But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.

For you are bringing some startling and strange things to our ears; so we want to know what they mean.”

Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I came to an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you already worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

but after telling them goodbye and saying, “I will return again if God is willing,” he set sail from Ephesus.

After the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had encouraged them he told them goodbye, and set off to go to Macedonia.

And he stayed three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia (northern Greece).

But we went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go [a shorter route] by land.

And when they arrived he said to them:“You know well how I [lived when I] was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia [until now],

When we had torn ourselves away from them and set sail, we ran a straight course and came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara;

After looking up the disciples [in Tyre], we stayed there [with them] seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the [Holy] Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar (Emperor Nero).”

At the end of three months we set sail on a ship which had wintered at the island, an Alexandrian ship with the Twin Brothers [Castor and Pollux] as its figurehead.

When they had set a day for Paul, they came to his lodging in large numbers. And he carefully explained [Christianity] to them from morning until evening, solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from the [writings of the] Prophets.

and in the same way also the men turned away from the natural function of the woman and were consumed with their desire toward one another, men with men committing shameful acts and in return receiving in their own bodies the inevitable and appropriate penalty for their wrongdoing.

And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God’s will and purpose].

But now since you have been set free from sin and have become [willing] slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification [being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose], and the outcome [of this] is eternal life.

For those who are living according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh [which gratify the body], but those who are living according to the Spirit, [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit [His will and purpose].

So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]—

And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom [using clever rhetoric], but [they were delivered] in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit [operating through me] and of [His] power [stirring the minds of the listeners and persuading them],

And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer’s new life and changed behavior].

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified [that is, he receives the blessings granted] through his [Christian] wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be [ceremonially] unclean, but as it is they are holy.

And all [of them] were baptized into Moses [into his safekeeping as their leader] in the cloud and in the sea;

Therefore, believers, desire earnestly to prophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people], and do not forbid speaking in unknown tongues.

He rescued us from so great a threat of death, and will continue to rescue us. On Him we have set our hope. And He will again rescue us [from danger and draw us near],

It is for this reason that we are comforted and encouraged.And in addition to our comfort, we were especially delighted at the joy of Titus, because you have refreshed his spirit.

they only kept hearing, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the [good news of the] faith which he once was trying to destroy.”

I do not ignore or nullify the [gracious gift of the] grace of God [His amazing, unmerited favor], for if righteousness comes through [observing] the Law, then Christ died needlessly. [His suffering and death would have had no purpose whatsoever.]”

O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.

having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of legal demands [which were in force] against us and which were hostile to us. And this certificate He has set aside and completely removed by nailing it to the cross.

and so they incur condemnation for having set aside their previous pledge.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things [which are dishonorable—disobedient, sinful], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart for a special purpose and], useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,

“You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;You have crowned him with glory and honor,And set him over the works of Your hands;

so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.

A tabernacle (sacred tent) was put up, the outer one or first section, in which were the lampstand and the table with [its loaves of] the sacred showbread; this is called the Holy Place.

“This is the covenant that I will make with themAfter those days, says the Lord:I will imprint My laws upon their heart,And on their mind I will inscribe them [producing an inward change],”He then says,

Anyone who has ignored and set aside the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].

For you know that later on, when he wanted [to regain title to] his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance [there was no way to repair what he had done, no chance to recall the choice he had made], even though he sought for it with [bitter] tears.

Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the [city] gate so that He might sanctify and set apart for God as holy the people [who believe] through [the shedding of] His own blood.

Now if we put bits into the horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.

In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!

And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).

and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter;

Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, [writes this letter],To those who are the called (God’s chosen ones, the elect), dearly loved by God the Father, and kept [secure and set apart] for Jesus Christ:

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some [among you] who are holding to the [corrupt] teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [enticing them] to eat things that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit [acts of sexual] immorality.

and he had a little book (scroll) open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land;

The grace of the Lord Jesus (the Christ, the Messiah) be with all [the saints—all believers, those set apart for God]. Amen.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ערך 
`erek 
Usage: 33

καθίζω 
Kathizo 
sit , sit down , set , be set , be set down , continue , tarry
Usage: 30

מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

נוּח 
Nuwach 
Usage: 144

נסך 
Nacak 
pour out , pour , cover , offer , melteth , molten , set , set up
Usage: 25

נסע 
Naca` 
Usage: 146

נצב 
Natsab 
Usage: 75

קוּם 
Quwm (Aramaic) 
set up , arise , stand , set , establish , rise up , appointeth , stood by , made , rise
Usage: 35

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
put , make , set , lay , appoint , give , set up , consider , turn , brought , ordain , place , take , shew , regard , mark , disposed , care ,
Usage: 580

ἐπιβιβάζω 
Epibibazo 
set on , set thereon
Usage: 2

ἐπικαθίζω 
Epikathizo 
set , vr set
Usage: 1

πρόκειμαι 
Prokeimai 
be set before , be first , be set forth
Usage: 5

σφραγίζω 
Sphragizo 
seal , set to seal , stop , seal up , set a seal , vr seal
Usage: 25

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

בּער 
Ba`ar 
burn , ... away , kindle , brutish , eaten , set , burn up , eat up , feed , heated , took , wasted
Usage: 94

המּון המּו 
himmow 
them , set , are , those , men
Usage: 9

זקף 
Z@qaph (Aramaic) 
set up
Usage: 1

זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

חקה 
Chaqah 
Usage: 4

חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 19

חשׁק 
Chashaq 
Usage: 11

טבע 
Taba` 
Usage: 10

יהב 
Yahab 
give , go to , Bring , ascribe , come on , give out , Set , take
Usage: 34

ינח 
Yanach 
Usage: 0

יסד 
Yacad 
Usage: 43

יעד 
Ya`ad 
Usage: 29

יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

יצב 
Yatsab 
Usage: 48

יצג 
Yatsag 
Usage: 16

יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

יצת 
Yatsath 
Usage: 29

יקר 
Yaqar 
Usage: 11

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

כּוּן 
Kuwn 
Usage: 217

כּלל 
K@lal (Aramaic) 
set up , make up , finished , variant
Usage: 7

להט 
Lahat 
set on fire , burn up , burn , kindle , flaming
Usage: 11

מסבּה מוּסבּה 
Muwcabbah 
Usage: 4

מלא מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 251

מלּא 
Millu' 
Usage: 15

מלּאה 
Millu'ah 
Usage: 3

מנה מנא 
M@na' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

מנה 
manah 
Usage: 28

משּׂא 
Massa' 
Usage: 65

משׁחית 
Mashchiyth 
Usage: 12

משׁלח משׁלח משׁלוח 
Mishlowach 
Usage: 10

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 9

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 8

נצח 
Natsach 
Usage: 65

נתן 
Nathan 
give , put , deliver , made , set , up , lay , grant , suffer , yield , bring , cause , utter , laid , send , recompense , appoint , shew ,
Usage: 2011

סוּג 
Cuwg 
Usage: 1

סוּת 
Cuwth 
Usage: 18

שׂכך סכך 
Cakak 
Usage: 23

סמך 
Camak 
Usage: 48

סתוּר 
C@thuwr 
Usage: 1

עוּף 
`uwph 
Usage: 28

עזרה 
`azarah 
Usage: 9

עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

פּלה 
Palah 
Usage: 7

פּקד 
Paqad 
Usage: 303

פּרע 
Para` 
Usage: 16

פּשׁט 
Pashat 
Usage: 43

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

קהה 
Qahah 
set on edge , blunt
Usage: 4

קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

קלה 
Qalah 
Usage: 6

קפא 
Qapha' 
Usage: 4

רוּם 
Ruwm (Aramaic) 
lift up , extol , set up
Usage: 4

רכב 
Rakab 
Usage: 78

שׁבץ 
Shabats 
Usage: 2

שׁוה 
Shavah 
Usage: 21

שׁית 
Shiyth 
set , made , lay , put , appoint , regard ,
Usage: 83

שׁכך 
Shakak 
Usage: 5

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

שׁלב 
Shalab 
Usage: 2

שׁלח 
Shalach 
send , go , forth , send away , lay , send out , put , put away , cast out , stretch out , cast , set , put out , depart , soweth , loose ,
Usage: 848

שׁפת 
Shaphath 
set on , brought , ordain
Usage: 5

שׁקט 
Shaqat 
Usage: 41

שׁת 
Sheth 
Usage: 9

תּוה 
Tavah 
Usage: 2

תּקן 
Taqan 
Usage: 3

ἀνακεῖμαι 
Anakeimai 
sit at meat , guests , sit , sit down , be set down , lie , lean , at the table
Usage: 10

ἀναπίπτω 
Anapipto 
sit down , sit down to meat , be set down , lean
Usage: 8

ἀνατάσσομαι 
Anatassomai 
Usage: 1

ἀνορθόω 
Anorthoo 
make straight , set up , lift up
Usage: 3

ἀποδείκνυμι 
Apodeiknumi 
Usage: 4

ἀπολύω 
Apoluo 
Usage: 52

βῆμα 
Bema 
Usage: 12

διατάσσω 
Diatasso 
Usage: 14

διχάζω 
Dichazo 
to set at variance
Usage: 0

δύνω δῦμι 
Duno 
set
Usage: 2

ἑδραῖος 
hedraios 
Usage: 3

ἐξουθενέω 
Exoutheneo 
Usage: 11

ἐπιδιορθόω 
Epidiorthoo 
set in order
Usage: 1

ἐπιτίθημι 
Epitithemi 
lay on , lay , put , lay upon , put on , put upon , set , not tr ,
Usage: 34

θεμελιόω 
themelioo 
Usage: 4

θορυβέω 
Thorubeo 
Usage: 3

ἵστημι 
histemi 
stand , set , establish , stand still , stand by , , vr stand
Usage: 129