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"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); Mat 18:2, Mat 25:33, Mar 9:36, Luk 4:9, Luk 9:47, Joh 8:3, Act 4:7, Act 5:27, Act 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.

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

"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 Joh 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.

"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, Mar 8:6 (twice), Mar 8:7, Luk 9:16, Luk 10:8, Luk 11:6, Act 16:34, 1Co 10:27. See ALLEGE, No. 1, PUT, No. 3.

"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.

"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 AD.D No. 1.

"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.

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

used transitively, signifies "to cause to sit down, set, appoint," translated "to set" in Act 2:30, RV (AV, incorrectly, "to set"); in 1Co 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 Heb 8:1, kathizo is used intransitively, RV, "sat down" (AV, "is set"); so in Heb 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.

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

"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.

"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.

236), "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."

"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.

"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.

lit., "to send forward" (pro, "forward," pempo, "to send"), is translated "set forward" in Tit 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.

"to show forth, declare," is translated "set forth" in 1Co 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. 1Co 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, Act 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," 1Co 2:4.

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

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

"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.

"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); Joh 2:6 (of waterpots); Joh 19:29 (of vessel of vinegar); Phi 1:16, RV (Phi 1:17, AV) (of the Apostle Paul); Rev 4:2 (of the throne in heaven). See APPOINT, LAY, LIE.

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

signifies (a) "to be set before" (pro, "before," and No. 21), and is so rendered in Heb 6:18 of the hope of the believer; Heb 12:1, of the Christian race; Heb 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 2Co 8:12, for which see FIRST, D, Note (2).

"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.

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 Joh 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.