Word Summary
apothesis: a putting away
Original Word: ἀπόθεσιςTransliteration: apothesis
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-oth'-es-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a putting away
Meaning: a putting away
Strong's Concordance
putting away, laying aside
From apotithemi; a laying aside (literally or figuratively) -- putting away (off).
see GREEK apotithemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 595: ἀπόθεσιςἀπόθεσις,
ἀποθεσεως,
ἡ ἀποτίθημι,
a putting off or away:
2 Peter 1:14;
1 Peter 3:21. (In various senses from
Hippocrates and
Plato down.)