Set - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Set
[ A-1,Verb,G2476, histemi ]to cause to stand," is translated "to set" in Matthew 4:5 (aorist tense in the best texts; some have the present, as in AV); Matthew 18:2; Matthew 25:33; Mark 9:36; Luke 4:9; Luke 9:47; John 8:3; Acts 4:7; Acts 5:27; Acts 6:6; in Acts 6:13, "set up;" Acts 22:30; in Jude 1:24, RV, "to set" (AV, "to present"). See ABIDE, No. 10.
[ A-2,Verb,G2525, kathistemi ]
lit., "to set down" (kata, "down," and No. 1), "to appoint, constitute," is translated "to set" in Matthew 24:45, Matthew 24:47; Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, RV (AV, "made"); so Luke 12:42, Luke 12:44; it is found in some mss. in Hebrews 2:7, and translated "set over" (AV), See APPOINT, No. 2.
[ A-3,Verb,G5087, tithemi ]
"to put, to place," is translated "to set" in Acts 1:7, of times and seasons (AV, "put"); Acts 13:47; Revelation 10:2; "setteth on" (of wine) in John 2:10, RV (AV, "doth set forth"); in the AV of Mark 4:21 (2nd part) and in Luke 8:16 it is rendered "set" (RV, "put"), of a lamp (some texts have No. 6 in both). In Mark 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.
[ A-4,Verb,G3908, paratithemi ]
"to place beside" (para, "beside," and No. 3), "to set forth," of a parable, Matthew 13:24, RV (AV, "put forth"); "to set before," of food, Mark 6:41; Mark 8:6 (twice), Mark 8:7; Luke 9:16; Luke 10:8; Luke 11:6; Acts 16:34; 1 Corinthians 10:27. See ALLEGE, No. 1, PUT, No. 3.
[ A-5,Verb,G4060, peritithemi ]
"to place or put around" (peri, "around," and No. 3), is translated "to set about" (of a hedge) in Mark 12:1. See BESTOW, No. 5, PUT.
[ A-6,Verb,G2007, epitithemi ]
"to put, set or lay upon," is used of the placing over the head of Christ on the cross "His accusation," Matthew 27:37, "set up;" of attacking a person, Acts 18:10, "shall set on." See ADD. No. 1.
[ A-7,Verb,G4388, protithemi ]
"to set before" (pro, "before," and No. 3), is used in the Middle Voice, translated "set forth," of Christ, in Romans 3:25 (RV marg., "purposed"). See PURPOSE, B, No. 3.
[ A-8,Verb,G1325, didomi ]
"to give," is translated "I have set before" in Revelation 3:8 (RV marg., "given"). See GIVE.
[ A-9,Verb,G2523, kathizo ]
used transitively, signifies "to cause to sit down, set, appoint," translated "to set" in Acts 2:30, RV (AV, incorrectly, "to set"); in 1 Corinthians 6:4, of appointing, i.e., obtaining the services of, judges in lawcourts; in Ephesians 1:20, RV, "made (Him) to sit" (AV, "set").
Note: In Hebrews 8:1, kathizo is used intransitively, RV, "sat down" (AV, "is set"); so in Hebrews 12:2, RV, "hath sat down" (AV, "is set down"); Revelation 3:21, RV, "I ... sat down" (AV, "am set down"). So epikathizo in Matthew 21:7 (last part), RV, "He sat" [some mss. have the plural in a transitive sense, AV, "they set (Him)]" See SIT, No. 8.
[ A-10,Verb,G5021, tasso ]
"to arrange, assign, order," is translated "set (under authority)" in Luke 7:8. In 1 Corinthians 16:15, RV, "have set (themselves)," AV, "addicted." See APPOINT, No. 5.
[ A-11,Verb,G392, anatassomai ]
"to arrange in order, draw up in order" (ana, "up," and the Middle Voice of No. 10), occurs in Luke 1:1, AV, "to set forth in order," RV, "to draw up." See DRAW, No. 9.
[ A-12,Verb,G1416, duno ]
"to sink into," is used of the "setting" of the sun, Mark 1:32, "did set;" Luke 4:40, "was setting." The sun, moon and stars were conceived of as sinking into the sea when they set.
[ A-13,Verb,G4862, sunallasso ]
236), "to reconcile" (sun, "together," allasso, "to change or exchange"), is translated "he ... would have set (them at one, lit., 'into peace') again" in Acts 7:26 (the imperfect tense being conative, expressing an attempt); some mss. have sunelauno, "to drive together, force together."
[ A-14,Verb,G2605, katangello ]
"to declare, proclaim," is translated "set forth" in Acts 16:21, RV (AV, "teach"); "set I forth" in Acts 17:23, RV (AV, "declare I"). See DECLARE, No. 4.
[ A-15,Verb,G1758, enecho ]
"to hold in," has a secondary significance of "setting oneself against a person," "being urgent against," Mark 6:19; Luke 11:53 (RV, marg.). See ENTANGLE, No. 3, QUARREL, URGE.
[ A-16,Verb,G4311, propempo ]
lit., "to send forward" (pro, "forward," pempo, "to send"), is translated "set forward" in Titus 3:13, RV (AV, "bring") and in 3 John 1:6, RV (AV, "bring forward"), of practical assistance to servants of God in their journeys. See ACCOMPANY, No. 4.
[ A-17,Verb,G584, apodeiknumi ]
"to show forth, declare," is translated "set forth" in 1 Corinthians 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. 1 Corinthians 15:32); prophets and others had preceded the apostles in the spectacle; in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 it is used of the man of sin, who will "set (himself) forth (as God)," AV, "showing." Elsewhere Acts 2:22; Acts 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," 1 Corinthians 2:4.
[ A-18,Verb,G1913, epibibazo ]
"to place upon," is used of causing persons to mount animals for riding, Luke 10:34; Luke 19:35; Acts 23:24.
[ A-19,Verb,G4741, sterizo ]
"to fix, establish," is rendered "He steadfastly set (His face)" in Luke 9:51. See ESTABLISH, No. 1.
[ A-20,Verb,G461, anorthoo ]
"to set straight, set up" (ana, "up," orthos, "straight"), is used in Acts 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.
[ A-21,Verb,G2749, keimai ]
"to lie, to be laid" (used as the Passive Voice of tithemi, No. 3), is translated "to be set," e.g., in Matthew 5:14 (of a city); Luke 2:34 (of Christ); John 2:6 (of waterpots); John 19:29 (of vessel of vinegar); Philippians 1:16, RV (Philippians 1:17, AV) (of the Apostle Paul); Revelation 4:2 (of the throne in heaven). See APPOINT, LAY, LIE.
[ A-22,Verb,G345, anakeimai ]
"to be laid up" (ana "up"), "to recline at a meal," is so used in John 6:11, "(to them) that were set down." See LEAN, LIE, Note
(1) SIT, No. 3.
[ A-23,Verb,G4295, prokeimai ]
signifies
(a) "to be set before" (pro, "before," and No. 21), and is so rendered in Hebrews 6:18 of the hope of the believer; Hebrews 12:1, of the Christian race; Hebrews 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 Jude 1:7. It is used elsewhere in 2 Corinthians 8:12, for which See FIRST, D, Note
(2).
[ A-24,Verb,G4270, prographo ]
"to write before," is translated "were set forth (unto this condemnation)" in Jude 1:4, RV (AV, "ordained"); the evil teachers were "designated of old for this judgment" (cp. 2 Peter 2:3). For the meaning of this verb in Galatians 3:1, RV, "openly set forth," See OPENLY, No. 2, Note. See WRITE.
[ B-1,Adjective,G5002, taktos ]
an adjective (from tasso, A, No. 10), "ordered, fixed, set," is said of an appointed day, in Acts 12:21. In the Sept., Job 12:5.
Notes:
(1) For "to set at liberty" (apoluo and apostello), See LIBERTY.
(2) In Acts 21:2, AV, anago, "to set sail" (RV), is translated "set forth;" See LAUNCH.
(3) In Luke 22:55, AV, sunkathizo, "to sit down together" (RV), is translated "were set down together." See SIT, No. 10.
(4) For Acts 7:5, "to set his foot on," See FOOT, A, No. 1, Note.
(5) In Acts 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 Matthew 27:19, AV, kathemai, "to sit," is rendered "he was set down" (RV, "he was sitting"). See SIT, No. 1.
(7) In John 13:12, (AV, anapipto, "to recline at table," is translated "was set down" (RV, "sat down;" marg., "reclined"). See RECLINE.
(8) In Matthew 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.