Strong G595ἀπόθεσις

removal

Transliteration
apothesis
Pronunciation
ap-oth'-es-is
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G659; a laying aside (literally or figuratively): - putting away (off).

Detailed definition

ἀπό-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἀποτίθημι),
a putting away: 1Pe.3:21, 2Pe.1:14.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G595 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • put2

First verses

  1. 1 Peter 3:21
    The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
  2. 2 Peter 1:14
    Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(ἀποτίθημι) laying up in store, σκευῶν[Refs (“SIG” 1106.107 (from Cos))]; εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be stored up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844d; γάλα χρήσιμον εἰς ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 522a26)]; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees,[Refs (622b26; τὴν ἀ. τῆς θήρας ποιεῖσθαι 623a12)]; preserving, of fish, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.23.)]
2 the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).332, +others, 6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)]in Hp.Fract.[Refs (12.273)] C.; falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 19.)]
3 κατ᾽ ἀπόθεσιν, of internal abscesses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).103.)]
II putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου[NT (NT.1Pet.3.21, compare 2.1.14.)]
II.2 exposure of children, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335b19; compare ἀποτίθημι 11.7.)]
II.3 resignation of an office, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.3, compare “SIG” 900.16(4th c.AD).)]
II.4 ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου, close or cadence of a phrase, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, cf. Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 176)]; so in metres, ={κατάληξις}, [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 4 at Title Page)]
III ={ἀποδυτήριον}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hipp.” 5.)]