Strong's Lexicon
G659 — ἀποτίθημι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G659 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποτίθημι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G5087 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | apotithemi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee |
| Meaning: | 1. to put away {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποτίθημι: 2 aorist middle ἀπεθεμην; (from Homer down); to put off or aside; in the N. T. only middle to put off from oneself: τά ἱμάτια, Act 7:58; (to lay up or away, ἐν τῇ φυλακή (i. e., put), Mat 14:3 L T Tr WH (so εἰς φυλακήν, Lev 24:12; Num 15:34; 2Ch 18:26; Polybius 24, 8, 8; Diodorus 4, 49, ete.)); tropically those things are said to be put off or away which anyone gives up, renounces: as τά ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, Rom 13:12; — Eph 4:22 (cf. Winers Grammar, 347 (325); Buttmann, 274 (236)), 25; Col 3:8; Jas 1:21; 1Pe 2:1; Heb 12:1; (τήν ὀργήν, Plutarch, Coriol. 19; τόν πλοῦτον, τήν μαλακίαν, etc. Luc. dial. mort. 10, 8; τήν ἐλευθερίαν καί παρρησίαν, ibid. 9, etc.).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποτίθημι (cast off)
Acts 7:58
- KJV: And cast out of the city and stoned and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet whose name was Saul
- GK: και εκβαλόντες έξω της πόλεως ελιθοβόλουν και οι μάρτυρες απεθέντο τα ιμάτια αυτών παρά τους πόδας νεανίου καλουμένου Σαύλου
Romans 13:12
- KJV: 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
- GK: η νυξ προέκοψεν η δε ημέρα ήγγικεν αποθώμαθα ούν τα έργα του σκότους και ενδυσώμεθα τα όπλα του φωτός
Ephesians 4:22
- KJV: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts
- GK: αποθέσθαι υμάς κατά την προτέραν αναστροφήν τον παλαιόν άνθρωπον τον φθειρόμενον κατά τας επιθυμίας της απάτης
Ephesians 4:25
- KJV: Wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbour for we are members one of another
- GK: διό αποθέμενοι το ψεύδος λαλείτε αλήθειαν έκαστος μετά του πλησίον αυτού ότι εσμέν αλλήλων μέλη
Colossians 3:8
- KJV: But now ye also put off all these anger wrath malice blasphemy filthy communication out of your mouth
- GK: νυνί δε απόθεσθε και υμείς τα πάντα οργήν θυμόν κακίαν βλασφημίαν αισχρολογίαν εκ του στόματος υμών
Hebrews 12:1
- KJV: 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 let us run with patience the race that is set before us
- GK: τοιγαρούν και ημείς τοσούτον έχοντες περικείμενον ημίν νέφος μαρτύρων όγκον αποθέμενοι πάντα και την ευπερίστατον αμαρτίαν δι΄ υπομονής τρέχωμεν τον προκείμενον ημίν αγώνα
James 1:21
- KJV: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls
- GK: διό αποθέμενοι πάσαν ρυπαρίαν και περισσείαν κακίας εν πραϋτητι δέξασθε τον έμφυτον λόγον τον δυνάμενον σώσαι τας ψυχάς υμών
1 Peter 2:1
- KJV: Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings
- GK: αποθέμενοι ούν πάσαν κακίαν και πάντα δόλον και υποκρίσεις και φθόνους και πάσας καταλαλιάς