Títhēmi — G5087

G5087 · Greek — τίθημι

Pronunciation: tith'-ay-mee

Definition

verb

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from

  1. to set, put, place, i. e. causative of κεῖσθαι
    1. to place or lay
    2. to put down, lay down
    3. to set on (serve) something to eat or drink
    4. to set forth, something to be explained by discourse
  2. to make (Latinconstituo), τινα with a predicate accusative
  3. to set, fix, establish (Latinstatuo)
    1. to set forth (German aufstellen)
    2. to establish, ordain, (German festsetzen, anordnen)

Usually translated as

put, lay, make, set, appoint, kneel down, settle, sink down, advise, bow, commit, conceive, give, ordain, purpose

Origin

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

Occurrences

Títhēmi occurs 95 times in 93 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (6), Mark (8), Luke (14), John (17), Acts (23), Romans (3), 1 Corinthians (7), 2 Corinthians (2), 1 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (2), 2 Timothy (1), Hebrews (3), 1 Peter (2), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (1), Revelation (2)

Strong's Lexicon — T