tithēmi · put, lay

What it means

tithēmi (τίθημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “put, lay”.

Put, place, lay down.

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 something somewhere.
2. To give one's life for others.
3. To name someone to a post, or decide something.
4. To put one's knees to the ground, above all to pray.

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

Word study

To put, to place something somewhere; hence to establish, appoint, fix, and in some phrases to lay down (one's life) or to resolve on something. Thayer: to set, put, place; to establish, appoint; to lay down, give up.

• Putting something in a place: the lamp, the body in the tomb Matthew 5:15Mark 15:46
• Laying the foundation 1 Corinthians 3:10
• Appointing someone: “appointed you so that you may go and bear fruit” John 15:16
• “Lays down his life” John 10:11
• Setting or resolving: “times … that the Father has set” Acts 1:7Luke 21:14

How we translate it

“Put” 24 times, “laid” 21, “lay down” 8, “I make” 3, “laying” 3… With the life, “lay down” (John 10:11, 17-18): τίθημι τὴν ψυχήν = “lay down his life”. “Set” when it is times (Acts 1:7) and “settle {it}” with the heart (Luke 21:14).

How it is translated

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

• put ×24
• laid ×21
• lay down ×8
• I make ×3
• laying ×3
• puts it ×3
• I am laying ×2
• appointed ×2
• has placed ×2
• kneeling down ×2
• others ×30

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×11
• Luke×16
• John×18
• Acts×23
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×7
• 2 Corinthians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×3
• 1 Peter×2
• 2 Peter×1
• 1 John×2
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 5:15

  Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

• Matthew 12:18

  “Look, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

• Matthew 22:44

  ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

• Matthew 24:51

  and will cut him in two and assign him his place with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

• Matthew 27:60

  and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a large stone to the door of the tomb, he went away.

• Mark 4:21

  And he was saying to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under the basket or under the bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand?

• Mark 4:30

  And he was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we put it?

• Mark 6:29

  And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.

• Mark 6:56

  And wherever he went, into villages or into towns or into the countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and begging him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched him were made well.

• Mark 10:16

  And taking them in his arms, he was blessing them, laying his hands on them.

• Mark 12:36

  David himself said by the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

• Mark 15:19

  And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him, and bending their knees, they were paying homage to him.

• Mark 15:46

  And having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

• Mark 15:47

  And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where he had been laid.

• Mark 16:6

  But he says to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.

• Luke 1:66

  and all who heard laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was indeed with him.

• Luke 5:18

  And look, men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were trying to bring him in and lay him before him.

• Luke 6:48

  he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood came, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

• Luke 8:16

  And no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

• Luke 9:44

  “You, put these words into your ears: for the Son of Man is about to be handed over into the hands of people.”

• Luke 11:33

  No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under the basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

• Luke 12:46

  the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and put his portion with the unbelieving.

• Luke 14:29

  Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to mock him,

• Luke 19:21

  for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man: you take what you did not put down, and you reap what you did not sow.’

• Luke 19:22

  He says to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not put down and reaping what I did not sow?

• Luke 20:43

  until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

• Luke 21:14

  So settle it in your hearts not to prepare beforehand how to defend yourselves;

• Luke 22:41

  And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and kneeling down he was praying,

• Luke 23:53

  And taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a tomb cut in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

• Luke 23:55

  And the women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

• John 2:10

  and says to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, the poorer wine; you have kept the good wine until now.”

• John 10:11

  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

• John 10:15

  just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

• John 10:17

  For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

• John 10:18

  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

• John 11:34

  and he said, “Where have you laid him?” They say to him, “Lord, come and see.”

• John 13:4

  gets up from supper and lays aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, he tied it around himself.

• John 13:37

  Peter says to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

• John 13:38

  Jesus answers, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I tell you, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.”

• John 15:13

  No one has greater love than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

And 60 more times.