Quick Definition
ἐκτίθημι v. I put out or expose a child, set forth, explain
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 5087; to expose; figuratively, to declare
KJV Usage: cast out, expound
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τίθεμαι
85.46 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to put out of to put or place something out of an area
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-τίθημι : 1 aor. pass. ptep. ἐκτεθείς ; Mid., impf. ἐξετιθέμην ; 2 aor. e&ebeunv; to place or set out, expose; Ὶprop.: an infant, Acts vii. 21; (Sap. xviii. 5; [Hdt. 1, 112]; Arstph. nub. 531; Ael. v. h. 2,7; Leian. de sacrif. 5, and often). 2. Mid. metaph. /o set forth, declare, expound: Acts xi. 4; τί, Acts xviii. 26; xxviii. 23; ([Aristot. passim]; Diod. 12, 18; Joseph. antt. 1, 12, 2; Athen. 7 p. 278 d.; al.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκτίθημι ektithēmi 4x
pr. to place outside, put forth; to expose an infant, Acts 7:21; met. to set forth, declare, explain, Acts 11:4; 18:26; 28:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-τίθημι
[in LXX for נָתַן ni., etc. ;]
to set out, expose: Ac 7:21, Metaph., to set forth, expound: Ac 11:4 28:23; c. acc rei, Ac 18:26.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκτίθημι is used = ‘expose ”’ an infant, as in Ac 731 (cf. 19 ἔκθετα), in BGU IV. rroq*4 (B.c. 8) τὸ βρέφος ἐκτίθεσθαι. The verb is common = ‘‘ post up” a notice etc., e.g. P Hib I. 29° (c. B.C. 265) ὁ δὲ τελώνης το[ῦτο τὸ] γραμματί εἴον] γράψας εἰς λεύκωμα μεγάλοις γράμμασιν (cf. Gal 6!) ἐκτιθέτίω πρὸ] τοῦ ἀγοραν[ομί]ου ἑκάστης ἡ[μ]έρας, ‘and the tax-farmer shall write this document upon a notice board in large letters and expose it in front of the agoranomus-office every day” (Edd.), P Par 63% (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 24) ὥπως τοῦτο μὲν ἔν τε ταῖς μητροπόλεσιν ἐκ[τ]εθῆι, “that this be posted up in the chief towns’’: cf. 26. 498 (B.c. 164-158) (= Witkowski,? p. 69) τοσ[αὐ]τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ἐλευθερ[ιότητ]α [ο]ὐὺ βαναυσίαν ἐκτέθει[κ]α πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, and with the corresponding subst. (as in Esther 814, 17 A) P Petr IL. 13 (184)?° (B.c. 258-3) ἔκθες οὖν ἔκθεμα καὶ προκήρυξον, ‘issue a public notice and have it cried.” The subst. is also found in P Flor I. 991 (i/ii a.p.) (= Selections, Ρ- 71). See also Wilcken Ostr i. p. 527 f. For the metaphorical usage (as in Ac 115) cf. P Hib I. 2724 (B.c. 301-240) πᾶσαν οὖν τὴν ἀλήθει[αν] ἡμῖν ἐξετίθι, “he expounded to me the whole truth ’’ (Edd.). See also s.v. ἔκθετος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκτίθημι (ektithēmi) — to explain/expose. ἐκτίθημι (infinitive -τιθεῖν[Refs]future -θήσω: perfect -τέθεικα[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—set out, place outside, πυκινὸν λέχος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; expose on a desert island, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; expose a new-born child, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —so in passive, τέθνηκε.. θηρσὶν ἐκτεθείς[Refs]; expose, ἑαυτὸν βέλεσι [Refs 1st c.AD+] —middle, ἐκτίθεσθαι λείαν εἰς Βιθυνούς export it thither, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. set up, offer for a prize, λέβητας ἐκτιθεὶς φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. b fix or grant allowances, rates of pay, etc., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. exhibit publicly, post up, νόμους πρὸς τοὺς ἐπωνύμους Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀνόματα εἰς στοάν [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive, ὅπως ἐκτεθῶσι [οἱ νόμοι] [Refs]
II.3. expose for sale, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. set forth, expound, τὴν πρόθεσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—also middle, λόγους καθόλου [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. Philos., predicate separate existence of a thing, explain by means of abstraction, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. middle, set forth, select particular instances of a rule, [ποιεῖν τὴν ἀπόδειξιν] τῶ ἐκθέσθαι [Refs] —passive, τὸ ἐκτεθέν[Refs]
IV.2. set out terms in syllogistic form, [Refs]
IV.3. isolate in thought, [Refs]
IV.4. pick out for separate treatment, [Refs]
IV.5. ἐ. καθόλου set out in general form, [Refs]