Definition

to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• appoint
• take counsel
• establish
• (lay the
• lay for a) found(-ation)
• instruct
• lay
• ordain
• set
• sure

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.