Strong's Lexicon
G5087 — τίθημι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5087 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τίθημι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged form of a primary theo theh'-o (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 100 |
| Transliteration: | tithemi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tith'-ay-mee |
| Meaning: | 1. to place (properly, in a passive or horizontal posture) {in the widest application, literally and figuratively; differs from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate} |
| KJV Renderings: | + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τιθέω, equivalent to τίθημι, which see
STRONGS NT 5087: τίθημιτίθημι, 3 person plural τιθέασιν (Mat 5:15; (Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 a.; Buttmann, 44 (38))); imperfect (from τιθέω) 3 person singular ἐτίθει (2Co 3:13), 3 person plural ἐτίθουν (Mar 6:56 (R G L); Act 3:2; Act 4:35) (and (T Tr WH in Mark, the passage cited) ἐτίθεσαν, cf. Buttmann, 45 (39); WH’s Appendix, p. 167); future θήσω; 1 aorist ἔθηκα; 2 aorist (ἕθην) subjunctive θῶ (impv. 2 person plural θέτε, Luk 21:14 L T Tr WH (for R G 2 aorist middle imperative θέσθε)), infinitive θεῖναι, participle θείς; perfect τέθεικά; passive, present 3 person singular τίθεται (Mar 15:47 R G); perfect 3 person singular τέθειται (Mar 15:47 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐτέθην; 2 aorist middle ἐθέμην (2 person singular ἔθου, Act 5:4); (see ἐπιτίθημι); from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for ùÒåÌí and äÅùÄÒéí, ðÈúÇï, ùÑåÌú and äÅùÄÑéú, äÇðÄéçÇ, etc.:
1. to set, put, place, i. e. causative of κεῖσθαι; hence,
a. to place or lay: τί, as θεμέλιον (Luk 6:48); ; 1Co 3:10 f (θεμείλια, Homer, Iliad 12, 29); λίθον, Rom 9:33; 1Pe 2:6; τί, opposed to αἴρειν, Luk 19:21 f (cf. Xenophon, oec. 8, 2); τίνι πρόσκομμα (or (according to WH marginal reading) σκάνδαλον), Rom 14:13; τί εἰς τί, Luk 11:33 (Winer’s Grammar, 238 (223)); τινα ποῦ, ὅπου, ἐκεῖ, (ὡς), of the dead laid to rest somewhere, Mar 15:47; Mar 16:6; (Luk 23:55); Joh 11:34; Joh 19:42; Joh 20:2; Joh 20:13; Joh 20:15; ἐν with the dative of the place, Mat 27:60; Mar 6:29; ( L Tr WH); Luk 23:53; Joh 19:41; Act 7:16; Act 9:37; εἰς μνημεῖον, Act 13:29; Rev 11:9; (in Greek writings from Homer down very often of the laying away or depositing anywhere of the bones or ashes of the dead; like Latinponere equivalent to sepelire, cf. Klotz, Handwörterb. d. Latin Spr. 2:822b; (Harpers’ Latin Dictionary, under the wordpono, I. Buttmann, 10)). τί or τινα ἐπί τίνος (Luk 8:16 b L T Tr WH); Act 5:15; Joh 19:19; (Rev 10:2 G L T Tr WH); ἐπί τί (Mar 4:21 L T Tr WH; Tr text WH); 2Co 3:13; Rev 10:2 (Rec.); ἐπί τινα, to put upon one, τάς χεῖρας, Mar 10:16; (τήν δεξιάν, Rev 1:17 G L T Tr WH); τί ὑπό τί, Mat 5:15; Mar 4:21; Luk 11:33; ὑποκάτω τίνος, Luk 8:16; τινα ὑπό τούς πόδας (see πούς), 1Co 15:25 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 523 (487)); τί παρά τούς πόδας τίθεσθαι, to lay at one’s feet, Act 4:35; Act 4:37 (here Tdf. πρός); ; θεῖναι ἐνώπιον τινα, Luk 5:18; metaphorically, ἐπί τινα τό πνεῦμα, i. e. to imbue one with, Mat 12:18. Middle to have one put or placed: τινα εἰς φυλακήν, to order one to be put in prison, Act 12:4; ἐν (τῇ) φυλακή, Mat 14:3 (here L T Tr WH ἀποτίθημι); Act 5:25 (Gen 41:10; Gen 42:17; Gen 42:30; (Buttmann, 329 (283); Winer’s Grammar, 414 (386))); εἰς τήρησιν, Act 4:3; ἐν τηρήσει, Act 5:18. to place for oneself: as βουλήν, to lay a plan (A. V. advised), Act 27:12 (Jdg 19:30; βουλάς ἐν ψυχή μου, Psa 12:3 (:)); τά μέλη, to set, dispose, 1Co 12:18; (καιρούς ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσία, set within his own authority, Act 1:7 (so R. V. text; but others refer it to 2 below)); τί εἰς τά ὦτα μου, to receive (A. V. let sink) into the ears, i. e. to fix in the mind, Luk 9:44; εἰς τήν καρδίαν, to propose to oneself, to purpose, followed by an infinitive Luk 21:14 (R G); also τί ἐν τῇ καρδία, to lay a thing up in one’s heart to he remembered and pondered, Luk 1:66; ( L T Tr WH), (1Sa 21:12; (Winers Grammar, § 2, 1 c., and Buttmann, as above)); to propose to oneself something (A. V. conceived this thing in thine heart), Act 5:4; also ἐν τῷ πνεύματι, followed by an infinitive (A. V. to purpose in the spirit), Act 19:21; to place (or posit) for the execution of one’s purpose, θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τόν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς, since he has placed (deposited) in our minds the doctrine concerning reconciliation (namely, to be made known to others), 2Co 5:19.
b. to put down, lay down; i. e. α. to bend downward: τά γόνατα, to bend or bow the knees, to kneel, Mar 15:19; Luk 22:41; Act 7:60; Act 9:40; Act 20:36; Act 21:5 (Latingenua pono, Ovid. fast. 2, 438; Curt. 8, 7, 13). β. like Latinpono (cf. Klotz, under the word; (Harpers’ Dictionary, under the word, I. Buttmann, 9)), to lay off or aside, to wear or carry no longer: τά ἱμάτια (Latinvestes pono), Joh 13:4 (Plutarch, Alc. 8); τήν ψυχήν, to lay down, give up, one’s life, Joh 10:17 f; with ὑπέρ τίνος added, Joh 10:11; Joh 10:15; Joh 13:37; Joh 15:13; 1Jn 3:16 (ἔθηκε (or τεθεικεν) τήν σάρκα αὐτοῦ κύριος, the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 3 [ET] (irrelevant; see the passage); unlike the Latin phrasesvitam ponere, Cicero, ad fam. 9, 24, 4; Propertius, eleg. 2, 10, 43; (animam ponere), Sil. Ital. 10, 303; spiritum ponere, Valerius Maximus, 7, 8, 8, since these phrases mean only to die; more like the expression prius animam quam odium deponere, Nepos, Hann. 1, 3). γ. to lay by, lay aside money: παῥ ἑαυτῷ, 1Co 16:2.
c. to set on (serve) something to eat or drink: οἶνον, Joh 2:10 (Xenophon, mem. 3, 14, 1; so also Latinpono; cf. Klotz as above, p. 822a; (Harpers’ Dict. under the word, I. B. 8)).
d. to set forth, something to be explained by discourse: τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν παραβολή, Mar 4:30 L text T Tr text WH (on this passage, see παραβολή, 2).
2. to make (Latinconstituo), τινα with a predicate accusative: τινα ὑποδιον, Mat 22:44 (where L T Tr WH ὑποκάτω, put underneath); Mar 12:36 (WH ὑποκάτω); Luk 20:43; Act 2:35; Heb 1:13; Heb 10:13 (from Psa 109:1 ()); add, Rom 4:17 (from Gen 17:5); Heb 1:2; passive, 1Ti 2:7; 2Ti 1:11; τί with a predicate accusative: 1Co 9:18 (in Greek writings from Homer down, often in the poets, rarely in prose writings, as Aelian v. h. 13, 6; Lucian, dial. marin. 14, 2; in the O. T. cf. Gen 17:5; Lev 26:31; Isa 5:20; Wis 10:21; 2Ma 5:21; 3Ma 5:48). Middle to make (or set) for oneself or for one’s use: τινα with a predicate accusative, Act 20:28; 1Co 12:28 (in Greek writ from Homer down, even in prose, to make one one’s own, as τινα φίλον to make one a friend, see Passow, p. 1893a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I.)). τιθέναι τινα εἰς τί, to appoint one to (destine one to be) anything, passive, 1Pe 2:8; with εἰς τί instead of the predicate accusative (Hebraistically (cf. Winers Grammar, 228 (214); Buttmann, § 131, 7)), Act 13:47 from Isa 49:6 (Jer 1:5). Middle to appoint for one’s use: τινα εἰς διακονίαν, to appoint one to one’s service, 1Ti 1:12 (Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 at the end); to appoint with oneself or in one’s mind: τινα εἰς ὀργήν, to decree one to be subject to wrath, 1Th 5:9; (to this use many refer Act 1:7, see ἐξουσία 1, and ἐν, I. 5 d. β.; cf. 1 a. above). τιθέναι τινα ἵνα, Joh 15:16; τιθέναι τό μέρος τίνος μετά τίνος (see μέρος, 1), Mat 24:51; Luk 12:46.
3. to set, fix, establish (Latinstatuo);
a. to set forth (German aufstellen): ὑπόδειγμα, 2Pe 2:6.
b. to establish, ordain, (German festsetzen, anordnen): νόμον, to enact, Gal 3:19 Griesbach (very often in secular authors from Herodotus down, both in the active and the middle; cf. Passow, under the word, III. 3 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word A. III. 5)). (Compare: ἀνατίθημι, προσανατίθημι, ἀποτίθημι, διατίθημι, ἀντιδιατίθημι, ἐκτίθημι, ἐπιτίθημι, συνεπιτίθημι, κατατίθημι, συνκατατιθημι, μετατίθημι, παρατίθημι, περιτίθημι, προτίθημι, προστίθημι, συντίθημι, ὑποτίθημι.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τίθημι (+ advise)
Matthew 5:15
- KJV: Neither light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house
- GK: ουδέ καίουσι λύχνον και τιθέασιν αυτόν υπό τον μόδιον αλλ΄ επί την λυχνίαν και λάμπει πάσι τοις εν τη οικία
Matthew 12:18
- KJV: Behold my servant whom I have chosen my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased I will put my spirit upon him and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles
- GK: ιδού ο παις μου ον ηρέτισα ο αγαπητός μου εις ον ευδόκησεν η ψυχή μου θήσω το πνεύμά μου επ΄ αυτόν και κρίσιν τοις έθνεσιν απαγγελεί
Matthew 14:3
- KJV: For Herod had laid hold on John and bound him and put in prison for Herodias’ sake his brother Philip’s wife
- GK: ο γαρ Ηρώδης κρατήσας τον Ιωάννην έδησεν αυτόν και έθετο εν φυλακή διά Ηρωδιάδα την γυναίκα Φιλίππου του αδελφού αυτού
Matthew 22:44
- KJV: LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool
- GK: είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου έως αν θω τους εχθρούς σου υποπόδιον των ποδών σου
Matthew 24:51
- KJV: And shall cut him asunder and appoint his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
- GK: και διχοτομήσει αυτόν και το μέρος αυτού μετά των υποκριτών θήσει εκεί έσται ο κλαυθμός και ο βρυγμός των οδόντων
Matthew 27:60
- KJV: And laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in the rock and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed
- GK: και έθηκεν αυτό εν τω καινώ αυτού μνημείω ο ελατόμησεν εν τη πέτρα και προσκυλίσας λίθον μέγαν τη θύρα του μνημείου απήλθεν
Mark 4:21
- KJV: And he said unto them Is a candle brought to be put under bushel or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick
- GK: και έλεγεν αυτοίς μήτι ο λύχνος έρχεται ίνα υπό τον μόδιον τεθή η υπό την κλίνην ουχ ίνα επί την λυχνίαν επιτεθή
Mark 6:29
- KJV: And when his disciples heard they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb
- GK: και ακούσαντες οι μαθηταί αυτού ήλθον και ήραν το πτώμα αυτού και έθηκαν αυτό εν τω μνημείω
Mark 6:56
- KJV: And whithersoever he entered into villages or cities or country they laid the sick in the streets and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment and as many as touched him were made whole
- GK: και όπου αν εισεπορεύετο εις κώμας η πόλεις η αγρούς εν ταις αγοραίς ετίθουν τους ασθενούντας και παρεκάλουν αυτόν ίνα καν του κρασπέδου του ιματίου αυτού άψωνται και όσοι αν ήπτοντο αυτού εσώζοντο