Words the Bible translates as set
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 19 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- histēmiἵστημιto set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
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- to stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
- tithēmiτίθημιto put something somewhere on purpose: to set, lay, or place it where the actor decides it should be
- sumשׂוּםto put something in a position: to set it down somewhere, turn it into something, assign it to a role, or fix it in place so it stays
- kathizōκαθίζωto seat someone, to set or install a person in a position
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- to sit down: to lower oneself onto a seat or mount, and so to take one's place
- to settle, to stay or remain in a place
- tassōτάσσωto place a person or thing in an ordered position assigned by an authority: to appoint, station, arrange, or set in order.
- shitשִׁיתto set: to place, put, or fix something or someone in a position, a state, or a role
- stērizōστηρίζωto make firm and fixed: to set something solidly in place, and so to steady a person so that they hold firm
- dunō, dumiδύνω, δῦμιto setnot studied yet
- horizōὁρίζωto fix something definitely: to settle a time, a plan, or a person's role so that the matter is no longer open
- yehavיְהַבto give: to hand something over to another, whether as a gift granted, a charge delivered into someone's power, a foundation laid, or a payment made
- sumשׂוּםto set in place: to put or lay something, and by extension to appoint, name, or issue a command
- nasakhנָסַךְto install or set someone in an appointed place of authority, as God enthrones his chosen king.
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- to pour out a liquid, above all as a drink offering poured out to a god; and, by the same picture, to pour molten metal into a mold to cast an image.
- shavahשָׁוָהto set, place, or lay something in position, or lay it upon someone.
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- to be or make even: to be equal or comparable to something, worth as much as it, or to level a thing out.
- yatsagיָצַגto set something down in a chosen place: to put, station, or present it there deliberately
- remahרְמָאto throw something into a place with force, and so also to put a thing in position or lay a payment on someone
- maḥberetמַחְבֶּרֶתthe joining: the seam or facing edge where two pieces of cloth are fastened into one
- shaphatשָׁפַתto setnot studied yet
- epiduōἐπιδύωto setnot studied yet
- ḥoveretחֹבֶרֶתsetnot studied yet
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