apotithēmi · put aside, put off

What it means

apotithēmi (ἀποτίθημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “put aside, put off”.

Put aside, put away; take off, get rid of something.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To strip off like clothing; get rid of what is bad.
2. To lock someone in prison.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• put off ×2
• putting away ×2
• laid down ×1
• let us lay aside ×1
• put away ×1
• put him away ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Acts×1
• Ephesians×2
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 14:3

  For Herod, having seized John, bound him and put him away in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother,

• Acts 7:58

  And throwing him out of the city, they were stoning him. And the witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man called Saul.

• Ephesians 4:22

  that you put off, according to your former way of life, the old man who is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit,

• Ephesians 4:25

  Therefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth, each one with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

• Colossians 3:8

  But now you also put away all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, obscene talk from your mouth.

• Hebrews 12:1

  Therefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

• James 1:21

  Therefore, putting away all filthiness and abundance of wickedness, receive with gentleness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

• 1 Peter 2:1

  So putting away all wickedness and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,