Word Summary
parathēkē: a deposit or trust
Original Word: παραθήκηTransliteration: parathēkē
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ath-ay'-kay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a deposit or trust
Meaning: a deposit or trust
Strong's Concordance
a deposit or trust
From paratithemi; a deposit, i.e. (figuratively) trust -- committed unto.
see GREEK paratithemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3866: παραθήκηπαραθήκη,
παραθηκης,
ἡ (
παρατίθημι, which see),
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 Timothy 1:12 (
μου possessive genitive (
the trust committed unto me;
Rec.elz 1633 reads here
παρακαταθήκη, which see));
G L T Tr WH in
1 Timothy 6:20 and
2 Timothy 1:14 (
Leviticus 6:2, 4; 2 Macc. 3:10, 15;
Herodotus 9, 45; (others)). In the Greek writings
παρακαταθήκη (which see) is more common; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 312;
Winer's Grammar, 102 (96).