Strong's Greek Concordance

G659: ἀποτίθημι

apotíthēmi · “to put aside”

Definition

to put away (literally or figuratively)

KJV translates it as: cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off)

Word origin: from G575 (ἀπό) and G5087 (τίθημι);

Extended definition

ἀπο-τίθημι
[in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ hi. ;]
to put off or aside; in NT always mid.,
(a) to put of from oneself as a garment: τ. ἱμάτια, Act.7:58; metaphorically, in ethical sense, to put of, lay aside: Rom.13:12, Eph.4:22, 25, Col.3:8, Heb.12:1, Jas.1:21, 1Pe.2:1;
(b) to stow away, put: ἐν τ. φυλακῇ (MM, see word), Mat.14:3.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G659 is translated

  • having put aside ×2
  • put him aside ×1
  • laid aside ×1
  • we may cast off ×1
  • are to have put off ×1
  • having put off ×1
  • do put off ×1
  • having laid aside ×1

Bible verses with G659 (apotíthēmi)

Apotíthēmi appears in 9 verses.

  • Matthew 14:3

    For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

  • Acts 7:58

    And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

  • Romans 13:12

    The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

  • Ephesians 4:22

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

  • Ephesians 4:25

    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

  • Colossians 3:8

    But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • James 1:21

    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • 1 Peter 2:1

    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Words derived from G659