Strong G659ἀποτίθημι

to put aside

Transliteration
apotithēmi
Pronunciation
ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and G5087; to put away (literally or figuratively): - cast off lay apart (aside down) put away (off).

Detailed definition

ἀπο-τίθημι
[in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ hi.;]
to put off or aside; in NT always mid.,
__(a) to put of from oneself as a garment: τ. ἱμάτια, Act.7:58; metaphorically, in ethical sense, to put of, lay aside: Rom.13:12, Eph.4:22, 25, Col.3:8, Heb.12:1, Jas.1:21, 1Pe.2:1;
__(b) to stow away, put: ἐν τ. φυλακῇ (MM, see word), Mat.14:3.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G659 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • put3
  • lay2
  • lie2
  • cast1
  • let1

First verses

  1. Acts 7:58
    And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
  2. Romans 13:12
    The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
  3. Ephesians 4:22
    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
  4. Ephesians 4:25
    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  5. Colossians 3:8
    But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
  6. Hebrews 12:1
    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
  7. James 1:21
    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
  8. 1 Peter 2:1
    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποτίθημι,
put away, stow away, δέπας δ᾽ ἀπέθηκ᾽ ἐνὶ χηλῷ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.254, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.15; ἀ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 112)]: metaphorically, 'pigeon-hole', class, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 361.22.)]
2 expose a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161a.)]
II middle (aorist I participle ἀποθησαμένη[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))], put away from oneself, lay aside, τεύχεα κάλ᾽ ἀποθέσθαι ἐπὶ χθονί[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.89)]; τὴν Σκυθικὴν στολὴν ἀ. put it off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.78)]; ἀ. κόμας cut it off, in mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 367 (Lyric poetry, tmesis))]; ἀ. τὸν νόμον set aside, i.e. disregard, the law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77)]; ἀ. τὰν Ἀφροδίταν quell desire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 558 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. ῥᾳθυμίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.8, 8.46; ὀργήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 19; ἀρχήν [prev. author] “Pomp.” 23.)]
II.2 put away from oneself, avoid, ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν wipe away the reproach, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.492, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 762; νόστον ἔχθιστον ἀπεθήκατο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.68, compare 10(11).40.)]
II.3 put by for oneself, stow away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1219, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.15; ἀ. τροφὴν τοῖς νεοττοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 619a20; ἀ. τινὰ εἰς φυλακήν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.10.8)]; frequently of drugs, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.136, +others, compare “PEleph.” 12 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐν φυλακῇ[NT (NT.Matt.14.3.)]
II.3.b bury, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1974.)]
II.4 ἀποτίθεσθαι εἰς αὖθις put off, defer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 376, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.7, etc.; εἰς τοὺς παῖδας ἀ. τὰς τιμωρίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 53.3.)]
II.5 reserve, keep back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 887c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.30.)]
II.6 ἀπεθήκατο κόλπων, of a woman, laid down the burden of her womb, i.e. bore a child, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 25; ἀ. ὠδῖνας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.2: but,)]
II.7 μηδὲν ἀποτίθεσθαι τῶν γιγνομένων expose none of one's children, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335b22.)]
II.8 ἀ. χρόνον εἴς τι employ, bestow time upon it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.9.10.)]
II.9 set a fracture, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)]in Hp.Fract.[Refs (12.276)] C.; compare ἀπόθεσις.