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Strong's G5087 · Greek

τίθημι

tithemi · tith'-ay-mee

theo theh'-o (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses) to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from 2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while 2749 is prope


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τίθημι (G5087)

100 τίθημι , [in LXX for שִׁית ,נתן ,שׂוּם , etc. ;] causative of κεῖμαι , to place, lay, set : Lk 6:48 , Ro 9:33 , al.; of laying the dead to rest, Mk 15:47 , Lk 23:55 , Jo 11:34 , Ac 7:16 , al.; seq. ἐπί , c. gen., Lk 8:16 , Jo 19:19 , al.; id. c. acc., Mk 4:21 , II Co 3:13 , al.; ὑπό , Mt 5:15 , al.; παρά , Ac 4:35 , 37 . Mid., to have put or placed, to place for oneself : of putting in prison, Ac 4:3 , 5:18 , 25 , al.; of giving counsel, βουλήν , Ac 27:12 ; of laying up in one's heart, Lk 1:66 21:14 ( I Ki 21:12 ); to put down, lay down : of bending the knees, τ. γόνατα , to kneel , Mk 15:19 , Ac 7:60 , al.; of putting off garments, Jo 13:4 ; of laying down life, τ. ψυχήν , Jo 10:11 , 15 , 17 , 18 13:37 , 38 15:13 , I Jo 3:16 ; of laying by money, παρ’ ἑαυτῷ , I Co 16:2 ; of setting on food, Jo 2:10 ; metaph., of setting forth an idea in symbolism, Mk 4:30 . to set, fix, establish : ὑπόδειγμα , II Pe 2:6 . to make, appoint : Mt 22:44 , Mk 12:36 , Lk 20:43 , Ac 2:35 , Ro 4:17 , al. Mid., to make, set or appoint for oneself : Ac 20:28 , I Co 12:28 , I Th 5:9 , I Ti 1:12 , al.; seq. ἵνα , Jo 15:16 (cf . ἀνα-, προσ-ανα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἀντι-δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-επι-, κατα-, συν-κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο-τίθημι ).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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