Quick Definition
ἀποτίθημι v. I lay off or aside, renounce
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 5087; to put away (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.midd. ἀπεθέμην · subj. ἀποθῶμαι · impv.2pl. ἀπόθεσθε · inf. ἀποθέσθαι · ptc. ἀποθέμενος | τίθημι
85.44 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to put away, to put out of the way, to remove to put or take something away from its normal location In MAT 14:3 the semantic element of ‘out of the way’ is implied in the activity of ‘putting in prison.’
1 It would also be possible to classify the meanings of ἀποτίθημι[a] and ἀφαιρέω[a] in Domain 15 Linear Movement, but in a number of contexts the focus seems not to be primarily upon the movement but upon the removal from a particular location. In other words, the focus is upon the absence of an object from a place rather than the movement involved in removal.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-τίθημι : 2 aor. mid. ἀπεθέμην ; [fr. Hom. down]; to put off or aside; in the N. T. only mid. to put off from one’s self: τὰ ἱμάτια, Acts vii. 58 ; [to lay up or away, ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ (i. e. put), Mt. xiv. 3 L T Tr WH (so εἰς φυλακήν, Lev. xxiv. 12; Num. xv. 34; 2 Chr. xviii. 26; Polyb. 24, 8, 8; Diod. 4, 49, etc.)]; trop. those things are said to be put off or away which any one gives up, renounces: as τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, Ro. xiii. 12; — Eph. iv. 22 [οἵ W. 347 (325); B.274 (236) ], 25; Col. iii. 8; Jas. i. 21; 1 Pet. ii. 1; Heb. xii. 1 ; (τὴν ὀργήν, Plut. Coriol. 19; τὸν πλοῦτον, τὴν μαλακίαν, etc. Luc. dial. mort. 10, 8; τ. ἐλευθερίαν kx. παρρησίαν, ibid. 9, ete.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποτίθημι apotithēmi 9x
mid: to lay off, lay down or aside, as garments, Acts 7:58; me
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-τίθημι,
[in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ hi.;]
to put off or aside; in NT always mid., to put off from oneself as a garment: τ. ἱμάτια, Ac 7:58; metaph., in ethical sense, to put of, lay aside: Ro 13:12, Eph 4:22, 25, Col 3:8, He 12:1, Ja 1:21, I Pe 2:1;
to stow away, put: ἐν τ. φυλακῇ (MM, s.v.), Mt 14:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποτίθημι. The phrase of Mt 143 (LXX a/.) is found nearly in P Eleph 12 (B.C. 223-2) γεγράφαμεν . . . τῶι φυλακίτηι . .. ἀποθέσθαι αὐτοὺς εἰς THY φυλακήν. The label on a mummy, Preisigke 3553, has ἀποτεθ(ειμένη) following ἔνδον ἐστίν, ““ 15 enclosed within.” In P Flor II. 1252 (A.D. 254) τὰ ἀποτεθέντα γένη ἐν Φιλαγρίδι is “ the goods that were stored at P.” So P Ryl II. 125*4 (a.p. 28-9) τὰ ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός μου ἀποτεθειμένα ἐν πυξιδίῳ ἔτι ἀπὸ τοῦ ts [ἔτους) Καίσαρος͵ “certain articles deposited ina little box by my mother as far back as in the 16th year of Augustus” (Edd.). A weakening of the sense of the verb is seen in the fourth century P Oxy I. 120!%; παραμένοντά pot ἄχρις ἂν γνῶ πῶς τὰ κατ᾽ αἰμαὶ ἀποτίθαιται, ““ἴο stay with me until I know the position of my affairs” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποτίθημι (apotithēmi) — to put aside. ἀποτίθημι, put away, stow away, δέπας δ᾽ ἀπέθηκ᾽ ἐνὶ χηλῷ[Refs 8th c.BC+]: metaphorically, 'pigeon-hole', class, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
2. expose a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. middle (aorist I participle ἀποθησαμένη[Refs 5th c.AD+], put away from oneself, lay aside, τεύχεα κάλ᾽ ἀποθέσθαι ἐπὶ χθονί[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν Σκυθικὴν στολὴν ἀ. put it off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. κόμας cut it off, in mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸν νόμον set aside, i.e. disregard, the law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὰν Ἀφροδίταν quell desire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. put away from oneself, avoid, ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν wipe away the reproach, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. put by for oneself, stow away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of drugs, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν φυλακῇ[NT]
II.3. b bury, [Refs]
II.4. ἀποτίθεσθαι εἰς αὖθις put off, defer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. reserve, keep back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. ἀπεθήκατο κόλπων, of a woman, laid down the burden of her womb, i.e. bore a child, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.7. μηδὲν ἀποτίθεσθαι τῶν γιγνομένων expose none of one's children, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.8. ἀ. χρόνον εἴς τι employ, bestow time upon it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.9. set a fracture, [Refs 6th c.AD+]in Hp.Fract.[Refs] C.; compare ἀπόθεσις.