🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G5087
G5087

τίθημι

títhēmi [tith'-ay-mee] Verb
Core meaningto place

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G5087

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from , which properly denotes an upright and active position, while is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)

KJV usage: :--+ advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.
Etymology: a prolonged form of a primary (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

by-form of τιθέω, to place, set, lay, Mt. 5:15; Mk. 6:56; Lk. 6:48; to produce at table, Jn. 2:10; to deposit, lay, Mt. 27:60; Lk. 23:53; Acts 3:2; to lay down, Lk. 19:21, 22; Jn. 10:11, 15, 17, 18; 1 Jn. 3:16; to lay aside, put off, Jn. 13:4; to allocate, assign, Mt. 24:51; Lk. 12:46; to set, appoint, Jn. 15:16; Acts 13:47; Heb. 1:2; to render, make, Mt. 22:44; Rom. 4:17; 1 Cor. 9:18; mid. to put in custody, Mt. 14:3; Acts 4:3; to reserve, Acts 1:7; to commit as a matter of charge, 2 Cor. 5:19; to set, with design, in a certain arrangement or position, Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 12:18, 28; 1 Thess. 5:9; 1 Tim. 1:12; pass. 1 Tim. 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:11; 1 Pet. 2:8; τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα, to kneel down, Mk. 15:19; Lk. 22:41; Acts 7:60; 9:40; 20:36; 21:5; τίθεσθαι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, to lay to heart, ponder, Lk. 1:…

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