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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Fixed; solidified.

2. (v. t.) To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.

3. (v. t.) To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

4. (v. t.) To transfix; to pierce.

5. (v. t.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.

6. (v. t.) To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room.

7. (v. t.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

8. (v. i.) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

9. (v. i.) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

10. (n.) A position of difficulty or embarrassment; predicament; dilemma.

11. (n.) fettling.

Greek

2043. ereido -- to prop, to fix firmly
... to prop, to fix firmly. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ereido Phonetic Spelling:
(er-i'-do) Short Definition: I stick fast Definition: I stick fast, prop ...
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5091. timao -- to fix the value, to price
... to fix the value, to price. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: timao Phonetic
Spelling: (tim-ah'-o) Short Definition: I value at a price, honor Definition: ( ...
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4649. skopos -- a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye)
... a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: skopos Phonetic Spelling: (skop-os') Short Definition: a goal ...
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4741. sterizo -- to make fast, establish
... to make fast, establish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sterizo Phonetic
Spelling: (stay-rid'-zo) Short Definition: I fix firmly, strengthen Definition ...
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4492. rhizoo -- to cause to take root
... to cause to take root. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhizoo Phonetic Spelling:
(hrid-zo'-o) Short Definition: I root, fix by the root Definition: I ...
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5087. tithemi -- to place, lay, set
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tithemi Phonetic Spelling: (tith'-ay-mee) Short
Definition: I put, place Definition: I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. ...
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1914. epiblepo -- to look on (with favor)
... 1914 (from 1909 , ", fitting" intensifying 991 , "look, fix the eyes upon") --
properly, look with ; give (), as the sight . 1914 ...
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816. atenizo -- to look fixedly, gaze
... prefixed by "," 1 ) -- properly, fixed (fixated); to at because with ("taken by");
to observe with great interest and a fastened (fixed) gaze; "to fix one s ...
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1679. elpizo -- to expect, to hope (for)
... Word Origin from elpomai (to anticipate, expect) Definition to expect, to hope
(for) NASB Word Usage expect (1), expected (1), fix...hope (2), fixed...hope (2 ...
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4078. pegnumi -- to make fast
... A prolonged form of a primary verb (which in its simpler form occurs only as an
alternate in certain tenses); to fix ("peg"), ie (specially) to set up (a tent ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3245. yasad -- to establish, found, fix
... 3244, 3245. yasad. 3246 . to establish, found, fix. Transliteration: yasad
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-sad') Short Definition: founded. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3559. kun -- to be firm
... to be erect (ie Stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great
variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or ...
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5324. natsab -- to take one's stand, stand
... stand NASB Word Usage arises (1), attending (1), best (1), charge (2), deputies
(4), deputy (1), erected (2), establish (2), established (1), fix (1), fixed (1 ...
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5193. nata -- to plant
... fastened, planted. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, ie Fix; specifically,
to plant (literally or figuratively) -- fastened, plant(- er). 5192, 5193. ...
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2163. zaman -- to be fixed, appointed
... Usage appointed (4), fixed (1). appoint. A primitive root; to fix (a time) --
appoint. 2162, 2163. zaman. 2164 . Strong's Numbers.
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7760. sum -- to put, place, set
... determine* (1), determined (1), disguises* (1), establish (3), established (5),
establishes (1), establishment (1), expected* (1), fasten (1), fix (1), formed ...
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3259. yaad -- to appoint
... A primitive root; to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to
meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter ...
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7896. shith -- to put, set
... appoint (1), appointed (1), bring (1), cast (1), close* (1), concern* (1), concerned*
(1), consider* (1), demand (1), demanded (2), direct (1), fix (1), fixed ...
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Library

Fix Your Eyes Upon Jesus. PM
... 242 Fix Your Eyes Upon Jesus. PM. The Source of Peace. ... Fix your eyes upon Jesus;
Would you know God's peace within? Fix your eyes upon Jesus. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/242 fix your eyes upon.htm

Here Therefore I Fix My True Ground of Converting Men to ...
... [Way-1-24] Here therefore I fix my TRUE ground of converting men to
Christianity� Here therefore I fix my true ground of converting ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-24 here therefore i fix.htm

Fix Thou Our Hearing, that it be not Loosed and Wander!
... Hymn III. Fix thou our hearing, that it be not loosed and wander! 1. Fix
thou our hearing, that it be not loosed and wander! For ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iii fix thou our.htm

In the First Book of My Apology I have Dealt with the Accusations ...
... In the first book of my Apology I have dealt with the accusations of dogmatic
error which he endeavours unjustly to fix upon others. ...
/.../in the first book of.htm

De Profundis.
... Fix it in your hearts and minds; and fix it now, before you fall into the deep,
as most are apt to do before they die; lest, when the dark day comes, you have ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxiii de profundis.htm

A Second Discouragement in Prayer Opposite to Perseverance, to Wit ...
... any external objects; for certain it is, that if by the exercise of mortification
and prayer we could restrain our affections from creatures and fix them on ...
/.../chapter vi a second discouragement.htm

Letter ix. Meditation.
... watches." "Mine eyes prevent the night-watches, that I might meditate in thy word."
But, lest the adversary should get the advantage of you, fix upon regular ...
/.../a practical directory for young christian females/letter ix meditation.htm

Luke x. The Latter Part of the 25Th Verse.
... It is He, to whom it belongs to propose a method of Reconciliation to his Creatures;
and He alone, whose Office it is to fix the Conditions of this ...
/.../sermon ii luke x the.htm

Samech.
... grace of God, then, being known, which alone freeth from transgression, which is
committed through knowledge of the law, he saith, in prayer, "Fix with nails ...
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As Regards Our Reverend Friend Epiphanius, this is Strange ...
... the letter which your golden coins extracted from the chamber of our brother Eusebius,
so that you might calumniate the translator of it, and might fix upon me ...
/.../23 as regards our reverend.htm

Thesaurus

Fix (36 Occurrences)
... order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in
the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes ...
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Set (6715 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to
give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone ...
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Pitch (25 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly,
as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to ...
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Determine (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and
separate. 2. (vt) To set bounds to; to fix the determination ...
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Root (54 Occurrences)
... a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into
joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant ...
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Appoint (114 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To fix with power or firmness; to establish;
to mark out. 2. (vt) To fix by a decree, order, command ...
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Anchor (4 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables
of a suspension bridge. 10. ... 11. (vi) To stop; to fix or rest. 12. ...
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Settle (63 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable;
to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a ...
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Ground (538 Occurrences)
... ground. 18. (vt) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason,
or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly. 19. ...
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Intend (30 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. 6. (vt) To fix the
mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. ...
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Bible Concordance

Fix (36 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 3:13 and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.
(DBY)

Ephesians 1:12 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.
(WEY)

Philippians 3:17 Be imitators all together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;
(DBY)

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
(See NAS)

Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, sharers with others in a heavenly invitation, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whose followers we profess to be.
(WEY NIV)

1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
(WEY NAS)

Exodus 23:31 I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
(See NAS)

Exodus 40:8 And thou shalt fix the court round about, and hang up the curtain at the gate of the court.
(DBY)

Numbers 16:5 and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, 'Morning! -- and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him.
(YLT)

Numbers 17:5 And it hath come to pass, the man's rod on whom I fix doth flourish, and I have caused to cease from off me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against you.'
(YLT)

Numbers 18:16 Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Deuteronomy 4:37 And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 10:15 only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as 'at' this day;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 12:11 And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 12:18 but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who 'is' within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 14:25 then thou hast given 'it' in money, and hast bound up the money in thy hand, and gone unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 16:7 and thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 17:8 When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 17:15 thou dost certainly set over thee a king on whom Jehovah doth fix; from the midst of thy brethren thou dost set over thee a king; thou art not able to set over thee a stranger, who is not thy brother.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 13:21 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 19:38 And the king saith, 'With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which 'is' good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.'
(YLT)

1 Kings 8:16 From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house for My name being there; and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
(Root in YLT)

1 Chronicles 28:4 And Jehovah, God of Israel, doth fix on me out of all the house of my father to be for king over Israel to the age, for on Judah He hath fixed for a leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, on me, 'me' He hath been pleased to make king over all Israel;
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 6:6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
(YLT)

Nehemiah 9:7 Thou 'art' He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,
(YLT)

Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?
(DBY)

Job 38:33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
(See NAS)

Psalms 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 3:31 Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
(YLT)

Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Isaiah 7:15 Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.
(YLT)

Isaiah 7:16 For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.
(YLT)

Isaiah 46:8 Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 66:4 I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 10:4 With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
(YLT)

Amos 9:4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Subtopics

Fix

Related Terms

Set (6715 Occurrences)

Pitch (25 Occurrences)

Determine (13 Occurrences)

Root (54 Occurrences)

Appoint (114 Occurrences)

Anchor (4 Occurrences)

Settle (63 Occurrences)

Ground (538 Occurrences)

Intend (30 Occurrences)