paratithēmi · set before

What it means

paratithēmi (παρατίθημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “set before”.

Put before, serve; entrust to someone's care.

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 lay something before someone, like food.
2. To leave in another's care: "into your hands I place my spirit".
3. To lay out evidence before others so they see something is true.

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

How it is translated

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

• set before ×7
• entrust ×3
• He put before ×2
• set ×2
• they entrusted ×2
• I commend ×1
• I commit ×1
• demonstrating ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×4
• Luke×5
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 13:24

  He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

• Matthew 13:31

  He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field;

• Mark 6:41

  And taking the five loaves and the two fish, looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves and kept giving them to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among all.

• Mark 8:6

  And he directs the crowd to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, he broke them and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

• Mark 8:7

  And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he said to set these also before them.

• Luke 9:16

  And taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke them, and he kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

• Luke 10:8

  And whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you,

• Luke 11:6

  since a friend of mine has arrived from a journey to me, and I do not have anything to set before him’;

• Luke 12:48

  But the one who did not know, and did things deserving of blows, will be beaten with few blows. And from everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they entrusted much, they will ask of him even more.

• Luke 23:46

  And crying out with a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this, he breathed his last.

• Acts 14:23

  And when they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

• Acts 16:34

  And he brought them up into his house and set a table before them, and he rejoiced with his whole household at having believed in God.

• Acts 17:3

  explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Messiah.”

• Acts 20:32

  And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

• 1 Corinthians 10:27

  If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, asking no questions because of conscience.

• 1 Timothy 1:18

  This instruction I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

• 2 Timothy 2:2

  and what you heard from me through many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.

• 1 Peter 4:19

  So also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.

And 1 more times.