Strong's Greek · G5087

τίθημι

títhēmi

+ advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down

Definition

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)

Derivation

a prolonged form of a primary (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses);

Appears 100 times in Scripture

Matthew 12:18

“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

Matthew 5:15

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

Matthew 22:44

‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

Mark 4:21

Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

Matthew 27:60

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Matthew 24:51

Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 1:66

And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Mark 4:30

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

Mark 6:29

When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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