Strong G1554ἐκδίδωμι
to lease
- Transliteration
- ekdidōmi
- Pronunciation
- ek-did'-o-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-δίδωμι
[in LXX for נָתַן, etc.;]
1. to surrender, give up, give out.
2. to let out for hire (Hdt.); mid. (as frequently in π.; see MM, Exp., xii); to let out to one's advantage, Mat.21:33, 41, Mrk.12:1, Luk.20:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָתַן, etc.;]
1. to surrender, give up, give out.
2. to let out for hire (Hdt.); mid. (as frequently in π.; see MM, Exp., xii); to let out to one's advantage, Mat.21:33, 41, Mrk.12:1, Luk.20:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1554 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- let4
- out2
- forth1
First verses
- Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- Matthew 21:41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
- Mark 12:1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
- Luke 20:9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκδίδωμι,
3rd.pers. singular ἐκδιδοῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, +others)]:—give up, especiallysomethingseized and detained unlawfully, Ἑλένην καὶ κτήμαθ᾽ ἅμ᾽ αὐτῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.459, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3)]: generally, surrender, especially of giving up refugees, [Refs ([prev. work] 74, 158f)]; τινὰ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1386, compare “OT” 1040, etc.; ἐ. τινὰ τοῖς κατηγόροις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.30, compare 29.38)]; ἐ. δοῦλον give up a slave to be examined by torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.14; αὐτὸν ἐξέδωκεν μαστιγῶσαι Εὐριπίδῃ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311b32; αὑτὸν ἐς τιμωρίαν τοῖς δικασταῖς 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.7.1)]; surrender a city, Ἀμφίπολιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.253, compare 257:)] —middle, θυμὸν ἐκδόσθαι πρὸς ἥβαν give up one's heart to jollity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.295.)]
2 give out of one's house,
2.a ἐ. θυγατέρα give one's daughter in marriage, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 132 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 22.4)]; θυγατέρας παρὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν ἐκδόντες having provided for their marriage at their own expense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.69; Ἄλκηστιν ἐ. πρὸς γάμον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.53)]; frequently also without any accusative, give in marriage, ἐ. εἰς οὒς ἂν ἐθέλωσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613d, compare 362b, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.21, etc.)]: metaphorically, of the elements, συνοικίζειν καὶ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242d)]:—less frequently in middle, ἐκδίδοσθαι θυγατέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.47, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.19; ἐξέδου κόρην ὅτῳ σε θυμὸς ἦγεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 309)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ἐσδοθένσᾳ (={ἐκδοθείσῃ}))] given in marriage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 306.7 (Tegea, 4th c.BC).)]
2.b give one's son for adoption, τοὺς μὲν (i.e. υἱοὺς) εἰς ἑτέρας οἰκίας [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.28.2, compare “POxy.” 1206.6 (4th c.AD))]; also ἐ. τὸν παῖδα ἐπὶ τέχνην put him out as an apprentice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 2.2, compare “BGU” 1021.6, etc.)]
3 farm out, let for hire, τὴν αὐλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, compare “SIG” 1044.29 (Halic., 4th-3rd c.BC), etc.)]; ἐ. ἀνδράποδα to let out slaves for work, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.15; πῶλον [prev. author] “Eq.” 2.2 (also in _middle_, ἐξέδοτο [ἀμπελῶνα] γεωργοῖς NT.Mark.12.1))]: with infinitive, χαλινὸν χαλκεῖ ἐ. σκευάσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 127a)]; ἐ. [θύλακον] τῷ σκυτοδέψῃ ἐπιρράψαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.6; ὅταν ἐκδῷ θοἰμάτιον ἐκπλῦναι [prev. work] 22.8)]; ἐκδόντος μοι Δημοσθένους..στέφανον χρυσοῦν ὥστε κατασκευάσαι Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.22)]; ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντ᾽ ἐκδεδωκὼς κατὰ συγγραφήν like one who has contracted for the execution of a statue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.122.)]
4 give in charge to another, πολλοὺς ἐξέδωκα Προδίκῳ (with play on signification 2) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151b)]; ἐκδιδοὺς νεικέων so as to be out of the way of quarrels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 293 (assuming variant))]: with infinitive, Δὶ τοῦτ᾽..ἐκδώσομεν πράσσειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.106.)]
5 bring out, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκδότω τις..δᾷδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1194; ἐκδότω δέ τις..δίφρω δύο [prev. author] “fragment” 348.)]
6 lend out money on security, etc., Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.51; ναυτικὰ ἐκδεδομένα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.6.)]
6.b simply, pay out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1349b31, “PSI” 3.204 (2nd c.AD).)]
7 put out, publish, of books, etc., chiefly in passive, λόγος ὁ πρότερον ἐκδοθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.11, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.37.6, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.2; τοῖς ἐκδεδομένοις λόγοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b18)]:—in active, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 8.)]
8 of a woman, bring to the birth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.83.)]
9 of land, etc., return, yield, produce, μέταλλα.. μονολίθους ἐκδιδόντα πλάκας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.5.)]
10 hand over, deliver a document, ἀποχήν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 260.6 (1st c.AD))], etc.:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“PFlor.” 384.113 (V 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator).)]
11 betray, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II intransitive, of rivers, empty themselves, disembogue, ἐς θάλασσαν, ἐς τὴν Σύρτιν, ἐς τὸν Μαίανδρον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 2.150, 7.26, etc.)]
II.2 τῶν ἄλλων [ζῴων] τὰ μὲν εἰς ὀδόντας ἐκδίδωσι..τὰ δὲ εἰς κέρατα.. run to teeth, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 898a22)]; find an outlet, εἰς κεφαλήν [Refs ([prev. work] 29.)]
II.3 emerge, τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἐκδοῦναι τῆς θαλάσσης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1 (to be read -δῦναι).)]
3rd.pers. singular ἐκδιδοῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, +others)]:—give up, especiallysomethingseized and detained unlawfully, Ἑλένην καὶ κτήμαθ᾽ ἅμ᾽ αὐτῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.459, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3)]: generally, surrender, especially of giving up refugees, [Refs ([prev. work] 74, 158f)]; τινὰ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1386, compare “OT” 1040, etc.; ἐ. τινὰ τοῖς κατηγόροις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.30, compare 29.38)]; ἐ. δοῦλον give up a slave to be examined by torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.14; αὐτὸν ἐξέδωκεν μαστιγῶσαι Εὐριπίδῃ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311b32; αὑτὸν ἐς τιμωρίαν τοῖς δικασταῖς 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.7.1)]; surrender a city, Ἀμφίπολιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.253, compare 257:)] —middle, θυμὸν ἐκδόσθαι πρὸς ἥβαν give up one's heart to jollity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.295.)]
2 give out of one's house,
2.a ἐ. θυγατέρα give one's daughter in marriage, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 132 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 22.4)]; θυγατέρας παρὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν ἐκδόντες having provided for their marriage at their own expense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.69; Ἄλκηστιν ἐ. πρὸς γάμον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.53)]; frequently also without any accusative, give in marriage, ἐ. εἰς οὒς ἂν ἐθέλωσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613d, compare 362b, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.21, etc.)]: metaphorically, of the elements, συνοικίζειν καὶ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242d)]:—less frequently in middle, ἐκδίδοσθαι θυγατέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.47, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.19; ἐξέδου κόρην ὅτῳ σε θυμὸς ἦγεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 309)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ἐσδοθένσᾳ (={ἐκδοθείσῃ}))] given in marriage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 306.7 (Tegea, 4th c.BC).)]
2.b give one's son for adoption, τοὺς μὲν (i.e. υἱοὺς) εἰς ἑτέρας οἰκίας [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.28.2, compare “POxy.” 1206.6 (4th c.AD))]; also ἐ. τὸν παῖδα ἐπὶ τέχνην put him out as an apprentice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 2.2, compare “BGU” 1021.6, etc.)]
3 farm out, let for hire, τὴν αὐλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, compare “SIG” 1044.29 (Halic., 4th-3rd c.BC), etc.)]; ἐ. ἀνδράποδα to let out slaves for work, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.15; πῶλον [prev. author] “Eq.” 2.2 (also in _middle_, ἐξέδοτο [ἀμπελῶνα] γεωργοῖς NT.Mark.12.1))]: with infinitive, χαλινὸν χαλκεῖ ἐ. σκευάσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 127a)]; ἐ. [θύλακον] τῷ σκυτοδέψῃ ἐπιρράψαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.6; ὅταν ἐκδῷ θοἰμάτιον ἐκπλῦναι [prev. work] 22.8)]; ἐκδόντος μοι Δημοσθένους..στέφανον χρυσοῦν ὥστε κατασκευάσαι Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.22)]; ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντ᾽ ἐκδεδωκὼς κατὰ συγγραφήν like one who has contracted for the execution of a statue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.122.)]
4 give in charge to another, πολλοὺς ἐξέδωκα Προδίκῳ (with play on signification 2) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151b)]; ἐκδιδοὺς νεικέων so as to be out of the way of quarrels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 293 (assuming variant))]: with infinitive, Δὶ τοῦτ᾽..ἐκδώσομεν πράσσειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.106.)]
5 bring out, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκδότω τις..δᾷδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1194; ἐκδότω δέ τις..δίφρω δύο [prev. author] “fragment” 348.)]
6 lend out money on security, etc., Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.51; ναυτικὰ ἐκδεδομένα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.6.)]
6.b simply, pay out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1349b31, “PSI” 3.204 (2nd c.AD).)]
7 put out, publish, of books, etc., chiefly in passive, λόγος ὁ πρότερον ἐκδοθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.11, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.37.6, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.2; τοῖς ἐκδεδομένοις λόγοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b18)]:—in active, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 8.)]
8 of a woman, bring to the birth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.83.)]
9 of land, etc., return, yield, produce, μέταλλα.. μονολίθους ἐκδιδόντα πλάκας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.5.)]
10 hand over, deliver a document, ἀποχήν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 260.6 (1st c.AD))], etc.:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“PFlor.” 384.113 (V 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator).)]
11 betray, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II intransitive, of rivers, empty themselves, disembogue, ἐς θάλασσαν, ἐς τὴν Σύρτιν, ἐς τὸν Μαίανδρον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 2.150, 7.26, etc.)]
II.2 τῶν ἄλλων [ζῴων] τὰ μὲν εἰς ὀδόντας ἐκδίδωσι..τὰ δὲ εἰς κέρατα.. run to teeth, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 898a22)]; find an outlet, εἰς κεφαλήν [Refs ([prev. work] 29.)]
II.3 emerge, τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἐκδοῦναι τῆς θαλάσσης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1 (to be read -δῦναι).)]