κατατίθημι: 1 aorist κατέθηκα; 2 aorist middle infinitive καταθέσθαι; (from Homer down); "to lay down (see κατά, III. 1), deposit, lay up": active proper, τινα ἐν μνημείῳ, Mar_15:46 (L Tr WH ἔθηκεν); middle to lay by or lay up for oneself, for future use: τίνι, with anyone; χάριν (better χαραματα; see χάρις, at the beginning) and χάριτας κατατίθεσθαι τίνι, to lay up favor for oneself with anyone, to gain favor with (to do something for one which may win favor), Act_24:27; Act_25:9; so Herodotus 6, 41; Thucydides 1, 33; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 26; Demosthenes 193, 22 (20); φιλίαν τίνι, 1Ma_10:23; εὐεργεσίαν τίνι, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 5; (cf. Demosthenes as above). (Compare: συγκατατίθημι.)

κατατίθημι katatithēmi 2x mid. to ay up for one s self; χάριν , or χάριτας , to lay up a store of favor for one s self, earn a title to favor at the hands of a person, to curry favor with, Act_24:27 ; Act_25:9

κατα -τίθημι , [in LXX : 1Ch_21:27 H7725 hi .), Psa_41:8 ( H3332 ), 1Ma_10:23 , al. ;] to lay down, deposit, lay by: Mar_15:46 , T ; mid ., to lay up for oneself: χάριν ( Hdt ., al. , v. LS , s.v. ), c . dat . pers ., Act_24:27 ; Act_25:9 .†

καταίθημι [page 333] With the use of this verb in the TR of Mar_15:46 cf. P Lond 256 recto .7 (A.D. 11 5) (= II. p. 97, Chrest. I. p. 408) τὰ δὲ σπέρ̣ματα . . . ὑγιῶς καταθήσεσθαι εἰς τ̣ὴν γ̣[ῆν , and the similar use of the act. καταθήσω in P Oxy VII. 1031 .17 (A.D. 228). In P Tebt II. 329 .7 (A.D. 139) the verb is used of paying into the bank κατ ]εθέμην ἐπὶ τὴν δημοσία [ν τράπεζαν : cf. 2Ma_4:19 , Aristeas 321. For the classical phrase χάριν κατατίθεσθαι found bis in Acts ( Act_24:27 ; Act_25:9 ) see BGU II. 596 .13 (A.D. 84) (= Selections , p. 64) τοῦτ [ο̣] οῦ̣̔ν ποιήσας ἔσῃ μοι μεγάλην χάριταν κατ [α ]τ̣ε̣θειμ [έ ]νο (ς ), if you do this, you will have laid up for yourself a great store of gratitude at my hands, and Menander Fragm. p. 187 ὦ τρὶς κακοδαίμων , ὅστις ἐκ φειδωλίας | κατέθετο μῖσος διπλάσιον τῆς οὐσίας , laid up for himself a dislike twice as big as his property.

κατατίθημι fut. -θήσω aor2 κατ-έθην epic form pl. κάτ-θεμεν epic form pl. κάτ-θετε epic form pl. κάτ-θεσαν inf. κατ-θέμεν 1st pl. subj. κατα-θείομεν [Etym: 1st pl. subj. κατα-θείομεν for κατα-θῶμεν] Mid. κατ-θέμεθα, κατ-θέσθην subj epic . καταθείομαι subj epic . καταθείομαι subj. for καταθῶμαι part. κατ-θέμενος "to place, put", or "lay down", Hom. "to propose as a prize", id=Hom. ; κ. ἄεθλον "to propose" a contest, Od. ; κ. τι ἐς μέσον "to put" it "down" in the midst, i. e. for common use, Eur. ; but, ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι κ. τὰ πρήγματα "to communicate" power to them, "give" them "a common share of" it, Hdt. "to put down as payment, pay down", id=Hdt. , Ar. , etc.:— "to redeem" a promise, ἃ δ᾽ ὑπέσχεο ποῖ καταθήσεις; Soph. "to lay up, lay by", Theogn. , Hdt. ; so in Mid., v. infr. II. 4. Mid. "to lay down from oneself, put off, lay aside", Lat. deponere, of arms or clothes, Hom. , etc. metaph. "to put an end to, arrange, settle", τὸν πόλεμον Thuc. "to put aside, treat" negligently, Xen. "to lay down in" a place, Hes. , etc.: of the dead, "to bury", Od. "to deposit for oneself, lay up in store" (v. supr. I. 4), id=Od. , etc.: —metaph., κατατίθεσθαι κλέος "to lay up store of" glory, Hdt. ; χάριτα or χάριν κατατίθεσθαί τινι or πρός τινα "to lay up a store of" gratitude or favour, Lat. collocare gratiam apud aliquem, id=Hdt. , etc.; so, εὐεργεσίαν κ. Thuc. , etc. "to deposit in a place of safety", id=Thuc. , Xen. "to lay up in memory or as a memorial", Theogn. , Plat.

κατα-τίθημι [in LXX: 1Ch.21:27 שׁוּב hi.), Psa.41:8 (יָצַק), 1Ma.10:23, al. ;] to lay down, deposit, lay by: Mrk.15:46, T; mid., to lay up for oneself: χάριν (Hdt., al., see LS, see word), with dative of person(s), Act.24:27 25:9.† (AS)