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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

2. (v. t.) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.

3. (v. t.) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.

4. (n.) A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

5. (n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ASSIGN

a-sin (nathan, "to give," or "grant," i.e. apportion): Used (Joshua 20:8) of Moses setting apart Bezer as one of the three cities of refuge on the East of the Jordan (compare Deuteronomy 4:41-43); also of Joab's stationing Uriah in a place of mortal peril in battle (2 Samuel 11:16).

Greek

2820. kleroo -- to assign by lot
... to assign by lot. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kleroo Phonetic Spelling:
(klay-ro'-o) Short Definition: I make a heritage Definition: I cast lots ...
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632. aponemo -- to assign, apportion
... to assign, apportion. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aponemo Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-on-em'-o) Short Definition: I apportion, render as due Definition: I ...
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5021. tasso -- to draw up in order, arrange
... to draw up in order, arrange. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tasso Phonetic
Spelling: (tas'-so) Short Definition: I assign, arrange Definition: (a) I ...
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2816. kleronomeo -- to inherit
... Cognate: 2816 (from 2818 , "a specific allotment of inheritance, apportioned by
casting lots") -- properly, to assign inheritance (inherit) by . ...
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4345. proskleroo -- to allot to
... to allot to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proskleroo Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-klay-ro'-o) Short Definition: I assign by lot, allot Definition: I assign ...
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3053. logismos -- a reasoning, a thought
... 3053 (from 3049 , "to reckon") -- properly, "bottom-line" reasoning that reflects
someone's values, ie how they assign in determining what . ...
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2624. katakleronomeo -- to distribute by lot
... 2624 (from 2596 , ", according to" and , "assign by lot," derived from 2819 , "lot") --
properly, to arrive at (get to) God's will, through the prayerful (only ...
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1244. diaireo -- to divide, to distribute
... asunder, distribute. Cognate: 1244 -- properly, (assign), by the of a superior;
to divide (distribute). See 1243 (). Word Origin ...
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5097. timoreo -- to punish, avenge
... 5097 (from 5092 , "perceived worth" and , "a guardian") -- to act as guardian with
the authority to also mete out (literally, assign retribution) -- as it ...
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5087. tithemi -- to place, lay, set
... root the- Definition to place, lay, set NASB Word Usage appointed (6), assign (2),
committed (1), conceived (1), destined (1), down* (4), falling (1), fixed (1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5596. saphach -- to join, attach to
... saphach or saphach. 5597 . to join, attach to. Transliteration: saphach or saphach
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-fakh') Short Definition: assign. Word Origin a prim ...
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5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, avenge, be healed, bestow,. A primitive
root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application ...
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6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... appoint NASB Word Usage am indeed concerned (1), any reason (1), any reason he is
missing (1), appoint (12), appointed (19), appoints (1), assign (3), assigned ...
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7760. sum -- to put, place, set
... root Definition to put, place, set NASB Word Usage appoint (9), appointed (9), assign
(1), assigned (2), attached (1), bestowed (1), bring (1), brought (1 ...
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Library

Whether it is Possible to Assign a Distinct Division of the ...
... OF THE JUDICIAL PRECEPTS (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it is possible to assign
a distinct division of the judicial precepts? Objection ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is possible to.htm

What Say You, O Men, who Assign to Yourselves Too Much of an ...
... Book II. 25 What say you, O men, who assign to yourselves too much of an
excellence not� What say you, O men, who assign to yourselves ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/25 what say you o.htm

Secondly, to Assign Some Reasons Why Christians must Make this the ...
... Secondly, To assign some reasons why Christians must make this the great
business of their lives. The importance and necessity of ...
/.../flavel/on keeping the heart/secondly to assign some reasons.htm

But, Says My Opponent, it is not for this Reason that we Assign ...
... Book VI. 4 But, says my opponent, it is not for this reason that we assign
temples to� But, says my opponent, it is not for this ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/4 but says my opponent.htm

"He is the Head, and we be his Members. " "Therefore Our Father ...
... POINTS IN THE FOREGOING FOURTEEN REVELATIONS CHAPTER LI "He is the Head, and we
be His members." "Therefore our Father nor may nor will more blame assign to us ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter li he is the.htm

Whether the Appetite is a Special Power of the Soul?
... Therefore, with regard to this object which is the desirable in general, we should
not assign some particular power distinct from the others, called the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the appetite is a.htm

Whether Lifeless Faith is a Gift of God?
... Since, therefore, when we assign the cause of a thing, we intend to assign the cause
of that thing as existing in its proper species, it follows that what is ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether lifeless faith is a.htm

Whether the Interior Senses are Suitably Distinguished?
... Objection 2: Further, there is no need to assign an interior power of
apprehension when the proper and exterior sense suffices. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the interior senses are.htm

Sundry Quotations from Hermogenes Now Uncertain and Vague are his ...
... But when you assign locality to good and evil, you make them corporeal by making
them local, since those things which have local space must needs first have ...
/.../tertullian/against hermogenes/chapter xli sundry quotations from hermogenes.htm

The Absurd Doctrine of Abaelard, who Attributes Properly and ...
... Let him choose which alternative he will: either let him give Wisdom to the Son
and take It from the Father, or assign It to the Father and deny It to the Son ...
/.../chapter iii the absurd doctrine.htm

Thesaurus

Assign (22 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly;
as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a ...
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Appoint (114 Occurrences)
... prescribe; to fix the time and place of. 3. (vt) To assign, designate, or
set apart by authority. 4. (vt) To furnish in all points; to ...
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Set (6715 Occurrences)
... singing. 20. (vt) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set
a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse. 21. (vt ...
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Heavens (548 Occurrences)
... Isaiah is the prophet with whom the idea first occurs in explicit form, and that
in passages which many critics would assign to the post-exilic period (the so ...
/h/heavens.htm - 49k

Earth (10501 Occurrences)
... Isaiah is the prophet with whom the idea first occurs in explicit form, and that
in passages which many critics would assign to the post-exilic period (the so ...
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Assigned (64 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Assign. Multi-Version Concordance
Assigned (64 Occurrences). Mark 13:34 "It is like a man ...
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Zimri (16 Occurrences)
... Baal-peor. Critics assign 25:1-5 to JE, 25:6-18 to P. It seems, however,
that the two accounts refer to similar circumstances. This ...
/z/zimri.htm - 18k

Number (2370 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. 12. (n.) To give or apply
a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number ...
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Nazirite (10 Occurrences)
... The critics assign the section dealing with this matter (Numbers 6:1-21) to the
Priestly Code (P), and give it a late date, but there cannot be the least doubt ...
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Utmost (21 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:51 he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place
among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ...
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Bible Concordance

Assign (22 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:51 he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
(WEY NAS NIV)

Luke 12:46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
(See NAS NIV)

Luke 22:29 I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,
(See RSV)

Numbers 4:19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 4:27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 4:32 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 8:26 but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties."
(See RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:13 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
(See NIV)

Numbers 34:17 "These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
(See NIV)

Numbers 34:18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
(See NIV)

Numbers 34:29 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
(See NIV)

Joshua 10:18 Joshua said, "Roll large stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them;
(See NAS)

Joshua 20:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying,'Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
(WEB JPS ASV)

1 Samuel 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'
(See NAS)

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
(DBY)

Isaiah 65:12 I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen man whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
(DBY)

Jeremiah 50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make him suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen man whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
(DBY)

Ezekiel 4:5 For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 4:6 Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 45:6 You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 47:23 And it hath come to pass, in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourneth, there ye give his inheritance -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Assign

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