ektithēmi · abandon, explain

What it means

ektithēmi (ἐκτίθημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “abandon, explain”.

Put out, abandon a child to die; also set forth, explain.

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 put a baby out of the home, uncared for, to die.
2. To make a matter understood step by step.

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

How it is translated

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

• explained ×3
• was abandoned ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Acts 7:21

  And when he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and brought him up as her own son.

• Acts 11:4

  But Peter began and explained it to them in order, saying,

• Acts 18:26

  And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

• Acts 28:23

  And having appointed a day with him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers; to them he explained the matter, solemnly testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.