UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: In this subdomain τίθημι[a] is by far the most generic expression.; This seemingly unusual use of τίθημι with τὰ ἱμάτια in OET JHN 13:4 parallels the use of λαμβάνω in the sense of ‘putting on a garment’ in OET JHN 13:12 (see 49.10: λαμβάνω).; Any meaning involving ‘to cause to be’ implies some change in state, and therefore one could classify these meanings under Subdomain B Change of State in Domain 13 Be, Become, Exist, Happen. However, the focus seems to be primarily upon the changed state rather than upon the process of moving from one state to another. The fact that a change of state has taken place seems to be semantically incidental.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: τίθημι; 3pl.; τιθέασιν; τίθημι; ptc.; τιθείς; τίθημι; impf.3sg.; ἐτίθει; τίθημι; 3pl.; ἐτίθουν; ἐτίθεσαν; τίθημι; fut.; θήσω; τίθημι; aor.; ἔθηκα; τίθημι; subj.; θῶ; τίθημι; impv.2pl.; θέτε; τίθημι; inf.; θεῖναι; τίθημι; ptc.; θείς; τίθημι; pf.; τέθεικα; τίθημι; ptc.; τεθεικώς; τίθημι; aor.midd.2sg.; ἔθου; τίθημι; 3pl.; ἔθεντο; τίθημι; impv.2pl.; θέσθε; τίθημι; pf.pass.3sg.; τέθειται; τίθημι; aor.pass.; ἐτέθην; τίθημι; subj.; τεθώ; τίθημι; inf.; τεθῆναι

Related lemmas: ἄθεσμος · ἀθετέω · ἀθέτησις · ἀθῷος · ἀμετάθετος · ἀνάθεμα · ἀναθεματίζω · ἀνάθημα · ἀνατίθεμαι · ἀνεύθετος · ἀντιδιατίθημι · ἀντίθεσις · ἀποθήκη · ἀποτίθημι · ἀσύνθετος · διαθήκη · διατίθεμαι · ἔκθετος · ἐκτίθεμαι · ἐπίθεσις · ἐπιτίθημι · εὔθετος · θεμέλιον · θεμέλιος · θεμελιόω · θήκη · κατάθεμα · καταθεματίζω · κατατίθημι · μετάθεσις · μετατίθημι · νομοθεσία · νομοθετέομαι · νομοθέτης · νουθεσία · νουθετέω · ὁροθεσία · παραθήκη · παρατίθημι · περίθεσις · περιτίθημι · πρόθεσις · προθεσμία · προσανατίθεμαι · προστίθημι · προτίθεμαι · συγκατάθεσις · συγκατατίθεμαι · συνεπιτίθεμαι · συντίθεμαι · υἱοθεσία · ὑποτίθημι

Sense 1: to put, to place

Semantic entry: 85.32

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Put, Place

Definition: to put or place in a particular location{N:001}

Show passage in OET: MAT 5:15

OET-RV MAT 5:15

15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket—you put it on a lampstand and it lightens up the house.

OET-LV MAT 5:15

15 And _not they _are _lighting a_lamp and are _putting it under the a_basket, but on the lampstand, and it _is _shining for _all the ones in the house.

Show passage in OET: MAT 12:18

OET-RV MAT 12:18

18 ‘See my servant who I chose,
⇔ the one I dearly love and who my soul takes pleasure in.
⇔ I will place my spirit on him
⇔ and he will bring justice to the nations.

OET-LV MAT 12:18

18 Behold, the servant of _me whom I _chose, the beloved of _me whom the soul of _me took _pleasure I _will _be _putting the spirit of _me on him, and he _will _be _reporting justice to _the pagans.

Jump to OET MAT 5:15 section.

Jump to OET MAT 12:18 section.

All 51 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 5:15 · OET MAT 12:18 · OET MAT 24:51 · OET MAT 27:60

MRK: OET MRK 4:21 · OET MRK 6:29 · OET MRK 6:56 · OET MRK 10:16 · OET MRK 12:36 · OET MRK 15:46–47 · OET MRK 16:6

LUK: OET LUK 5:18 · OET LUK 6:48 · OET LUK 8:16 · OET LUK 11:33 · OET LUK 12:46 · OET LUK 14:29 · OET LUK 20:43 · OET LUK 23:53 · OET LUK 23:55

JHN: OET JHN 2:10 · OET JHN 11:34 · OET JHN 19:19 · OET JHN 19:41–42 · OET JHN 20:2 · OET JHN 20:13 · OET JHN 20:15

ACT: OET ACT 3:2 · OET ACT 4:3 · OET ACT 5:15 · OET ACT 5:18 · OET ACT 5:25 · OET ACT 7:16 · OET ACT 9:37 · OET ACT 12:4 · OET ACT 13:29

ROM: OET ROM 9:33 · OET ROM 14:13

CO1: OET CO1 3:10–11 · OET CO1 15:25 · OET CO1 16:2

CO2: OET CO2 3:13

HEB: OET HEB 1:13 · OET HEB 10:13

PE1: OET PE1 2:6

REV: OET REV 1:17 · OET REV 10:2 · OET REV 11:9

Sense 2: to appoint, to designate, to assign, to give a task to

Semantic entry: 37.96

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Assign to a Role or Function

Definition: to assign someone to a particular task, function, or role

Show passage in OET: JHN 15:16

OET-RV JHN 15:16

16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you all, and I assigned you to go and produce fruit and for your fruit to be permanent so that whatever you request from the father in my name and authority, he will give it to you.

OET-LV JHN 15:16

16 You _all not chose me, but I chose you _all, and I _appointed you _all in _order _that you _all may _be _going and may _be _bearing fruit, and the fruit of _you _all may _be _remaining, in _order _that whatever anything wishfully you _all _may _request the father in the name of _me, he _may _give to _you _all.

Show passage in OET: ACT 13:47

OET-RV ACT 13:47

47 Because this is what the master commanded us:
⇔ ‘I have chosen you to be a light for the pagans;
⇔ You will take salvation to the end of the earth.’

OET-LV ACT 13:47

47 For/Because thus the master has _commanded to _us:
I _have _set you for a_light of_the_pagans, which you to _be for salvation to the_last of _the earth.

Jump to OET JHN 15:16 section.

Jump to OET ACT 13:47 section.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: OET JHN 15:16

ACT: OET ACT 13:47 · OET ACT 20:28

CO1: OET CO1 12:28

CO2: OET CO2 5:19

TH1: OET TH1 5:9

TI1: OET TI1 1:12 · OET TI1 2:7

TI2: OET TI2 1:11

HEB: OET HEB 1:2

PE1: OET PE1 2:8

Sense 3: to remove, to take off

Semantic entry: 49.21

Semantic domains: Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning

Definition: to remove or take off clothing

Show passage in OET: JHN 13:4

OET-RV JHN 13:4

4 So he got up from the dinner table, changed out of his clothes, and wrapped a linen towel around himself.

OET-LV JHN 13:4

4 he _is _being _raised from the supper and is _laying aside his clothes, and having _taken a_linen _towel he _girded himself.

Jump to OET JHN 13:4 section.

Sense 4: to explain, to make clear

Semantic entry: 33.151

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Interpret, Mean, Explain

Definition: to explain something, presumably by putting forward additional or different information

Show passage in OET: MRK 4:30

OET-RV MRK 4:30

30 Again he said, “What could we liken God’s kingdom to? Or what parable could we explain it with?

OET-LV MRK 4:30

30 And he _was _saying:
How may _we _liken the kingdom of_ the _god, or with what parable may _we _present it?

Show passage in OET: CO1 9:18

OET-RV CO1 9:18

18 So, what’s my reward? It’s preaching the good message and the privilege of doing it free of charge, so as not to take advantage of the right that the good message gives me.

OET-LV CO1 9:18

18 Therefore what of _me is the reward?
In _order _that good _message _preaching without _charge, I _will _be _presenting the good _message, in _order that not to _excessively _resort to _the authority of _me in the good _message.

Jump to OET MRK 4:30 section.

Jump to OET CO1 9:18 section.

Sense 5: to deposit, to put in a bank

Semantic entry: 57.217

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Lend, Loan, Interest, Borrow, Bank

Definition: to deposit money with a banker, with the intent of earning interest

Show passage in OET: LUK 19:21

OET-RV LUK 19:21

21 because I was scared of you, knowing that you’re a hard man—picking up what you didn’t put down, and harvesting where you didn’t sow.’

OET-LV LUK 19:21

21 For/Because I _was _fearing you, because you _are a_ austere _man, you _are _taking _up what you_ not _laid, and you _are _reaping what you_ not _sowed.

Show passage in OET: LUK 19:22

OET-RV LUK 19:22

22 ‘I’ll judge you by your own words,’ the master said, ‘you evil slave! You knew that I’m a hard man, picking up what I didn’t put down, and harvesting what I didn’t sow.

OET-LV LUK 19:22

22 He _is _saying to _him:
I _will _be _judging you out _of the mouth of _you, evil slave.
You _had _known that I am a_ austere _man, taking _up what I_ not _laid, and reaping what I_ not _sowed?

Jump to OET LUK 19:21 section.

Jump to OET LUK 19:22 section.

Sense 6: to cause to be, to make to be, to make, to result in, to bring upon, to bring about

Semantic entry: 13.9

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to cause a state to be{N:003}

Show passage in OET: MAT 22:44

OET-RV MAT 22:44

44 ‘Yahweh said to my master:
⇔ “Sit there at my right
⇔ until I conquer your enemies”?

OET-LV MAT 22:44

44 The_master said to _the master of _me:
Be _sitting on the_right of _me, until wishfully I _may _put the enemies of _you beneath for _the feet of _you?

Show passage in OET: ACT 1:7

OET-RV ACT 1:7

7 But Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) responded to them, “You don’t need to know the times or seasons when future events will happen—it’s the father who decides all that.

OET-LV ACT 1:7

7 And he _said to them:
It _is not of _you _all to _know times or seasons, which the father set by his own authority.

Jump to OET MAT 22:44 section.

Jump to OET ACT 1:7 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 22:44

ACT: OET ACT 1:7 · OET ACT 2:35

ROM: OET ROM 4:17

CO1: OET CO1 12:18

PE2: OET PE2 2:6

Sense 7: to make experience, to subject to

Semantic entry: 90.86

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: To Cause To Experience

Definition: to cause someone to experience, with the implication of subjecting a person to something

Show passage in OET: TH1 5:9

OET-RV TH1 5:9

9 God hasn’t assigned us to his severe anger, but rather for obtaining salvation through our master Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) Messiah—

OET-LV TH1 5:9

9 Because not appointed the god us for severe _anger, but for procuring of _salvation through the master of _us, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah,

Jump to OET TH1 5:9 section.

Sense 8: to advise, to recommend

Semantic entry: 33.296

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Advise

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to put a plan) to suggest a plan of action

Collocations: τίθημι βουλήν

Show passage in OET: ACT 27:12

OET-RV ACT 27:12

12 They realised that this harbour wasn’t suitable to winter in, so the majority suggested leaving there with the expectation of being able to get to Kraitai to winter in the harbour at Foinix (which was open to both the southwest and the northwest).

OET-LV ACT 27:12

12 And the harbour being unsuitable to winter, the more presented a_counsel to _be _launched from _there, if somehow they _might _be _able, having _arrived at Foinix, to _winter a_harbour of_ the _Kraʸtaʸ, looking to the_southwest and to the_northwest.

Jump to OET ACT 27:12 section.

Sense 9: to listen carefully to

Semantic entry: 24.64

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to put into the ears) to listen carefully to, with the implication of not forgetting

Notes: For another interpretation of this idiom in OET LUK 9:44, see 29.5: οὖς / 29.5: τίθημι.

Collocations: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα

Show passage in OET: LUK 9:44

OET-RV LUK 9:44

44 “Remember everything that’s been said, because the son of humanity is going to be turned in and placed into the hands of these people.”

OET-LV LUK 9:44

44 You _all set into the ears of _you _all the these messages, because/for the son of_ the _man is _going to _be _being _given _over into the_hands of _people.

Jump to OET LUK 9:44 section.

Sense 10: to bear in mind, to remember well, to not forget

Semantic entry: 29.5

Semantic domains: Memory and Recall

Subdomains: Storing of Information

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to place in the ears) to continue to bear something in mind

Notes: For another interpretation of the idiom τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα in OET LUK 9:44, see 24.64: οὖς / 24.64: τίθημι.

Collocations: τίθεμαι εἰς τὰ ὦτα

Show passage in OET: LUK 9:44

OET-RV LUK 9:44

44 “Remember everything that’s been said, because the son of humanity is going to be turned in and placed into the hands of these people.”

OET-LV LUK 9:44

44 You _all set into the ears of _you _all the these messages, because/for the son of_ the _man is _going to _be _being _given _over into the_hands of _people.

Jump to OET LUK 9:44 section.

Sense 11: to treasure up in the heart, to store in the mind as valuable

Semantic entry: 29.2

Semantic domains: Memory and Recall

Subdomains: Storing of Information

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to place in the heart) to store information in the mind, with the implication of its being valuable

Collocations: τίθεμαι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:66

OET-RV LUK 1:66

66 and those who heard about it were thinking to themselves, “Who’s this young child going to turn out to be?”

OET-LV LUK 1:66

66 And all the ones having _heard put in the heart of _them, saying:
What consequently the this little _child will _be?
For/Because also the_hand of_the_master was with him.

Jump to OET LUK 1:66 section.

Sense 12: to make up one’s mind, to decide

Semantic entry: 30.76

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Decide, To Conclude

Definition: (idioms, literally: to place in the heart, and: to place in the mind) to engage in the process of deciding

Notes: It is also possible to interpret the phrase ἐν τῷ πνεύματι in OET ACT 19:21 as being a reference to the Holy Spirit and accordingly, the passage may be translated as ‘Paul, led by the Spirit, decided to travel through Macedonia.’

Collocations: τίθημι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ; τίθεμαι ἐν τῷ πνεύματι

Show passage in OET: LUK 21:14

OET-RV LUK 21:14

14 So be confident that you all don’t need to figure out in advance what you will say in your defence

OET-LV LUK 21:14

14 Therefore purpose in the hearts of _you _all not to _be _premeditating to _be _defended,

Show passage in OET: ACT 5:4

OET-RV ACT 5:4

4 Wasn’t it yours before it was sold? And even when it was sold, the money was still yours. Why did you decide to handle it like this? It wasn’t people that you’re lying to, but God.”

OET-LV ACT 5:4

4 Not remaining unsold it _was _remaining to _you, and having _been _sold it _was _being in the your authority?
Why that you _purposed in the heart of _you the this matter?
You _lied not to _people, but to_ the _god.

Jump to OET LUK 21:14 section.

Jump to OET ACT 5:4 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 21:14

ACT: OET ACT 5:4 · OET ACT 19:21

Sense 13: to turn over to, to put at someone’s disposal

Semantic entry: 57.82

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: (idioms, literally: to put at someone’s feet) to present something to someone who is reckoned as having superior status or position

Collocations: τίθημι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας; τίθημι πρὸς τοὺς πόδας

Show passage in OET: ACT 4:35

OET-RV ACT 4:35

35 They would lay them down in front of the missionaries, and from there it was distributed around according to what needs each person had.

OET-LV ACT 4:35

35 and they _were _laying them before the feet of _the ambassadors, and it _was _being _distributed to _each, as _much _as wishfully anyone was _having need.

Show passage in OET: ACT 4:37

OET-RV ACT 4:37

37 owned a field which he sold, and brought the money and put it down in front of the missionaries.

OET-LV ACT 4:37

37 possessing by _him of_a_field, having _sold it brought the money and laid it before the feet of _the ambassadors.

Jump to OET ACT 4:35 section.

Jump to OET ACT 4:37 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: OET ACT 4:35 · OET ACT 4:37 · OET ACT 5:2

Sense 14: to kneel down, to kneel

Semantic entry: 17.19

Semantic domains: Stances and Events Related to Stances

Subdomains: Kneel

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to place the knees, a Latinism) to kneel down before, with the implication of an act of reverence or of supplication

Notes: In a number of cultures, kneeling does not imply either reverence or an act of supplication. In some instances translators have used a functional substitute involving a similar type of stance, namely, ‘to bow low before,’ but it may be necessary to use a more or less literal description of ‘kneeling before’ and then to place in a marginal note an indication of the implications of such an act.

Collocations: τίθημι τὰ γόνατα

Show passage in OET: MRK 15:19

OET-RV MRK 15:19

19 They took turns whacking his head with a stick and spitting on him, while others knelt down in front of him and pretended to be bowing to him.

OET-LV MRK 15:19

19 And they _were _striking the head of _him with_a_staff and they _were _spitting on _him, and kneeling the knees, they _were _prostrating before _him.

Show passage in OET: LUK 22:41

OET-RV LUK 22:41

41 Then he went on several metres, and kneeling on the ground, he prayed,

OET-LV LUK 22:41

41 And he was _withdrawn from them about a_stone throw, and having _knelt the knees, he _was _praying

Jump to OET MRK 15:19 section.

Jump to OET LUK 22:41 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: OET MRK 15:19

LUK: OET LUK 22:41

ACT: OET ACT 7:60 · OET ACT 9:40 · OET ACT 20:36 · OET ACT 21:5

Sense 15: to die voluntarily, to die willingly

Semantic entry: 23.113

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Live, Die

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to lay down one’s life) to die, with the implication of voluntary or willing action

Notes: Though in English the phrases ‘to lay down one’s life’ or ‘to give one’s life’ do suggest a voluntary dying, a literal rendering of such expressions in other languages would not necessarily imply the same. It may therefore be necessary to use such expressions as ‘to die willingly’ or ‘to die without resisting.’ In some languages ‘willingly’ is expressed primarily as a negation of objecting, for example, ‘I will not object to dying.’

Collocations: τὴν ψυχὴν τίθημι

Show passage in OET: JHN 10:11

OET-RV JHN 10:11