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Appoint [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To fix; to settle; to establish; to make fast.

2. When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Proverbs 8:29 .

3. To constitute, ordain, or fix by decree, order or decision.

4. Let Pharoah appoint officers over the land. Genesis 41:34 .

5. He hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world. Acts 17:26 .

6. To allot, assign or designate.

7. Aaron and his sons shall appoint every one to his service. Numbers 4:19 .

8. These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel. Joshua 20:2 .

9. To purpose or resolve; to fix the intention.

10. For so he had appointed. Acts 20:13 .

11. To ordain, command or order.

12. Thy servants are ready to do whatever my Lord the King shall appoint 2 Samuel 15:15 .

13. To settle; to fix, name or determine by agreement; as, they appointed a time and place for the meeting.

Appoint [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To ordain; to determine; to arrange.

Appoint [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.

3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.

5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.

6. To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.

Appointable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That may be appointed or constituted; as, officers are appointable by the Executive.

Appointable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being appointed or constituted.

Appointed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted.

2. Furnished; equipped with things necessary; as, a ship or an army is well appointed

Appointed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Appointee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A person appointed. 'The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointee '

2. A foot soldier in the French army, who, for long service and bravery, received more pay than other privates.

Appointee [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A person appointed.

2. A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.

Appointer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who appoints.

Appointer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.

Appointing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Setting; fixing; ordaining; constituting; assigning.

Appointing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Appointive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.

Appointment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment of suitable men.

2. Stipulation; assignation; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six o'clock.

3. Decree; established order or constitution; as, it is our duty to submit to the divine appointments.

4. Direction; order; command.

5. Wheat, salt, wine and oil, let it be given according to the appointment of the priests. Ezekiel 6:1 .

6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship, or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management.

7. An allowance to a person; a salary or pension, as to a public officer.

8. An appointment differs from wages, in being a special grant, or gratification, not fixed, whereas wages are fixed and ordinary.

9. A devise or grant to a charitable use.

Appointment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

2. The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.

4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.

5. The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.

7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.

8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Appointor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.

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Genesis 4:25

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Genesis 18:14

Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

Genesis 24:14

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

Genesis 24:44

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.

and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.

Genesis 30:28

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

Genesis 41:34

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 9:5

And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

Exodus 13:10

Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 21:13

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

Exodus 23:15

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

Exodus 30:16

And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”

Exodus 34:18

The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

Leviticus 16:21

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

Leviticus 23:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

Leviticus 23:4

These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

Leviticus 23:37

These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

Leviticus 23:44

And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.

Leviticus 26:16

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.