Quick Definition
παραθήκη, ης, ἡ n.f. anything committed to one’s charge
Strong's Definition
from 3908; a deposit, i.e. (figuratively) trust
KJV Usage: committed unto
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρα-θήκη, -ης, ἡ, (παρατίθημι, q. ν.), a deposit, a trust or thing consigned to one’s faithful keeping, (Vulg. depositum) : used of the correct knowledge and pure doctrine of the gospel, to be held firmly and faithfully, and to be conscientiously delivered unto others: 2 Tim. i. 12 (μοῦ possess. gen. [the trust committed unto me; Rec.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραθήκη parathēkē 3x
a deposit, a thing committed to one’s charge, a trust, 1 Tim. 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:12; 2 Tim. 1:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα-θήκη, -ης, ἡ
(< παρατίθημι), [in LXX: Le 6:2, 4 (5:21, 23) (פִּקָּדוֹן), and in To 10:13, II Mac 3:10, 15, v.l. for παρακαταθήκη (q.v.)*;]
a deposit or trust: I Ti 6:20, II Ti 1:12, 14 (for exx. of this form, v. MM, Exp., iii, xviii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραθήκη for the Attic παρακαταθήκη (see Niageli, p. 27) in the sense of ‘‘deposit” can be freely illustrated—P Par 54°? (B.C. 163-161) (= UPZi. p. 388) ἀπέχω παρὰ ᾿Αφροδεισίω παραθήκην (δραχμὰς) "Ad, “1 have received from Aphrodisius 1500 drachmae as deposit,’’ P Hamb I. 2° (A.p. 59) ὁμολογοῦμεν ἔχειν παρά σου διὰ χειρὸς δι᾿ ἐγ[γ]ύω[ν] ἀλλήλων εἰς ἔκτισιν παραθήκην ἀργυρίου... δραχμὰς ἑξακοσίας, P Ryl Il. 32415 (A.D. 139) ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα παραθήκην [ak(|ySuvov παντὸς [κι]νδύνου. BGU IL. 520° (Jan. A.D. 172) ὁμολογῶ ἔχω (/. ἔχειν) παρὰ σοῦ] ἐν παραθήκῃ 300 drachmae to be paid back in May-June, and P Lond 943° (A.p. 227) (= III. p. 175) éxrelo[w katja Toy τῶν παραθηκῶν νόμον (a parallel to νόμος in Rom 712). Syll 814 (=* 1199)4, a leaden tablet found in the temple of Demeter at Cnidus (Audollent Defixiones p. 5 cites authorities for dating it ii/i B.c.) devotes to Demeter and Kore and the other infernal gods τοὺς λαβόντας παρὰ Διοκλεῦς παραθή[καν] καὶ μὴ ἀποδιδόντας ἀλλ] ἀποστεροῦντας. A special use is seen in Sy// 848 (ii/B.c.), where Asandros of Beroea ἀνατίθησι τῶι ᾿Απόλλωνι τῶι ΠΙυθίωι ἐλευθέραν ἐμ παραθήκηι Εἰὐπορίαν τὴν αὑτοῦ παιδίσκην καταβεβληκυῖαν δραχμὰς ᾿Αλεξανδρείας διακοσίας. Dittenberger remarks that the practice of emancipation is varied: ἐμ. ie TAPALvEe@ παραθήκην implies that the freedom of Euporia is committed as a charge to Apollo’s care. For παραθήκη in the sense of ‘ pledge,” ‘security,’ we may refer to Sy// 329 (=*742)°! (B.c. 85) with Dittenberger’s note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παραθήκη (parathēkē) — deposit. παρα-θήκη, ἡ, anything entrusted to one. deposit, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; of persons, hostage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]