Rebellion
שֵׂטStrong’s H7846set
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Set is the Hebrew word usually translated “swerving deeds” and “rebels”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”
Meaning
- Swerver, revolter, rebel, deeds that swerve
How it's translated
- swerving deeds 1
- rebels 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Hosea 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שֵׂט set · rebellion
swerver, revolter, rebel, deeds that swerve
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rebellion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REBEL'LION, noun
[Latin rebellio. among the Romans, rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.]
- An open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes allegiance; or the taking of arms traitorously to resist the authority of lawful government; revolt. rebellion differs from insurrection and from mutiny.
- Open resistance to lawful authority.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.