To appoint

Usually translated “appointed”, “assigned” and “it has been appointed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• appointed 2
• assigned 1
• they appointed 1
• it has been appointed 1
• having appointed 1
• instituted 1
• they have devoted 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Acts 4
• Matthew 1
• Luke 1
• Romans 1
• 1 Corinthians 1

5 books in all.

• Meeting (moed)
• To appoint (yaad)
• To appoint/conduct (kathistēmi)
• To reckon/appoint (menah)

• Luke 7:8For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
• Acts 13:48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
• Acts 15:2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
• Acts 22:10And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
• Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
• Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “appointed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.