Greek verb · G5087
τίθημι
tithemitith'-ay-mee
causative of κεῖμαι; to set, fix, establish; to make, appoint
100 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: títhēmi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5087is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 27New Testament books
- 45spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5087
to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively
The King James renders it: + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tithemi is rendered "causative of κεῖμαι; to set, fix, establish; to make, appoint". It stands 100 times in the Greek text, across sixteen books.
- Twenty-three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "causative of κεῖμαι".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
- The Greek text spells it forty-five different ways.
The first use
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Matthew 5:15τιθέασιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in sixteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: causative of κεῖμαι, and to set, fix, establish, and to make, appoint.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| causative of κεῖμαι__(a) to place, lay, set | Tagged as
and 63 more, 92 uses in all | WhereMark 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed. |
| to set, fix, establishὑπόδειγμα, 2Pe.2:6. | Tagged as
| Where2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction… |
| to make, appointMat.22:44 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 22:44‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 100, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
45 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔθηκεν10
- ἔθετο7
- ἔθηκαν7
- τίθησιν6
- θῶ5
- τίθημι5
- ἔθεντο4
- θεὶς4
- ἔθηκα3
- θεῖναι3
- θήσω3
- ἔθηκας2
and 33 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular11V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-2AMI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural7V-AAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular5V-2AAS-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular5V-PAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-2AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-2AMI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-AAI-1S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-IAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-2AAS-3S
Matthew
five uses
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
- τιθέασινtitheasinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: put
“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- θήσωthesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will put
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
- θῶthoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may place
Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- θήσειtheseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will appoint
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: placed
Mark
eleven uses
Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
- τεθῇtetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may be put
- τεθῇtetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may it be put
Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
- θῶμενthomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us present
When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: laid
And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- ἐτίθεσανetithesanverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were laying
And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.
- τιθεὶςtitheisverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
- θῶthoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may place
They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
- τιθέντεςtithentesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: bending
So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he laid
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
- τέθειται.¶tetheitaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has been laid
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they laid
Luke
sixteen uses
And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
- ἔθεντοethentoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: laid up
Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
- θεῖναιtheinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to place
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he laid
No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
- τίθησινtithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: puts
- τίθησινtithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: puts
“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
- θέσθεthestheverb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do implant in yourself
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
- τίθησινtithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sets it
The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
- θήσει.¶theseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will appoint
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
- θέντοςthentosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: laying
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
- ἔθηκαςethekasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you did lay down
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- ἔθηκαethekaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I did lay down
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
- θῶthoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may place
So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
- θέτεtheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do implant
And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- θεὶςtheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having fallen on
Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: placed
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
- ἐτέθηetetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was laid
John
eighteen uses
and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
- τίθησινtithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sets out
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- τίθησινtithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: lays down
just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
- τίθημιtithemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I lay down
The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
- τίθημιtithemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: lay down
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- τίθημιtithemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: lay down
- θεῖναιtheinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lay down
“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
- τεθείκατεtetheikateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: have you laid
So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
- τίθησινtithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: lays aside
“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”
- θήσωthesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will lay down
“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.
- θήσειςtheseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will you lay down
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- θῇtheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may lay down
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- ἔθηκαethekaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: appointed
Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: put
Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
- τεθειμένοςtetheimenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: laid
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they laid
So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have laid
“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have laid
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
- ἔθηκαςethekasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have laid
Acts
twenty-three uses
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: put in place
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
- θῶthoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may place
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
- ἐτίθουνetithounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were placing
They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
- ἔθεντοethentoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: put
and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
- ἐτίθουνetithounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were laying
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: laid
With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- ἔθηκεν.¶ethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he laid
Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
- ἔθουethouverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: did you purpose
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
- τιθέναιtithenaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to put
and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
- ἔθεντοethentoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: put
Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
- ἔθεσθεethestheverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you put
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- ἐτέθησανetethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were placed
Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- θεὶςtheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having fallen
At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: put
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
- θεὶςtheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having bowed
He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he put
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
- ἔθηκανethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they put
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- τέθεικάtetheikaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have set
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: purposed
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has set
When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
- θεὶςtheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having bowed
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
- θέντεςthentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having bowed
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- ἔθεντοethentoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: reached
Romans
three uses
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- τέθεικάtetheikaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have made
as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- τίθημιtithemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I lay
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
- τιθέναιtithenaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to put
1 Corinthians
seven uses
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- ἔθηκαethekaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I laid
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- θεῖναιtheinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lay
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
- θήσωthesoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may offer
But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has arranged
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has appointed
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- θῇtheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may have put
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
- τιθέτωtithetoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should put
2 Corinthians
two uses
We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
- ἐτίθειetitheiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was putting
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- θέμενοςthemenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having put
1 Thessalonians
one use
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- ἔθετοethetoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has destined
1 Timothy
two uses
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
- θέμενοςthemenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having appointed
For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
- ἐτέθηνetethenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: was appointed
2 Timothy
one use
to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
- ἐτέθηνetethenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: was appointed
Hebrews
three uses
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He appointed
Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- θῶthoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may place
Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
- τεθῶσινtethosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may be placed
1 Peter
two uses
For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- τίθημιtithemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I lay
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- ἐτέθησανetethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were appointed
2 Peter
one use
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- τεθεικώςtetheikosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having set
1 John
two uses
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: laid down
- θεῖναι.¶theinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lay down
Revelation
three uses
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He placed
He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
- ἔθηκενethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he placed
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
- τεθῆναιtethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be put
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