Definition

to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G2476 (ἵστημι);

Where the KJV renders it

• appoint
• be
• conduct
• make
• ordain
• set

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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