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STRONGS NUMBER G2698
Transliteration: katatithēmi
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-at-ith'-ay-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay down
Meaning: to lay down
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, Mark 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), Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; so Herodotus 6, 41; Thucydides 1, 33; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 26; Demosthenes 193, 22 (20); φιλίαν τίνι, 1 Macc. 10:23; εὐεργεσίαν τίνι, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 5; (cf. Demosthenes as above). (Compare: συγκατατίθημι.)
Word Summary
katatithēmi: to lay down
Original Word: κατατίθημιTransliteration: katatithēmi
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-at-ith'-ay-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay down
Meaning: to lay down
Strong's Concordance
lay, placeFrom kata and tithemi; to place down, i.e. Deposit (literally or figuratively) -- do, lay, shew.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK tithemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2698: κατατίθημικατατίθημι: 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, Mark 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), Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; so Herodotus 6, 41; Thucydides 1, 33; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 26; Demosthenes 193, 22 (20); φιλίαν τίνι, 1 Macc. 10:23; εὐεργεσίαν τίνι, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 5; (cf. Demosthenes as above). (Compare: συγκατατίθημι.)