τίθημι
tithēmi
to place
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word τίθημι (tithēmi), with Strong's number G5087, has a short definition of "to place." This verb occurs 100 times in the Bible, indicating its importance and frequency in the Greek text. The meaning of "to place" can be understood to encompass various actions such as setting, putting, laying, or setting down. The occurrences of τίθημι in the Bible cover a wide range of situations, including setting objects, persons, or things in a certain position. It can also involve assigning or appointing someone to a particular task, function, or role. This versatility of usage reflects the complexity and nuance of the Greek language and the various contexts in which τίθημι is employed. The significance of τίθημι lies in its role as a fundamental verb in the Greek language, allowing speakers and writers to express a range of ideas and actions related to positioning, placement, and assignment. Its frequency and versatility in the Bible highlight its importance as a word that shapes the narrative and conveys meaning in the context of the biblical message.
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Occurrences in Scripture
100 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Matthew 12:18“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
Matthew 27:60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
Matthew 22:44‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
Matthew 24:51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
Mark 4:21He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
Mark 4:21He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
Mark 4:30He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
Mark 15:46He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Mark 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
Mark 6:29When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Mark 6:56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Mark 10:16He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
Mark 12:36For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” ’
Mark 15:19They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
Mark 16:6He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
Luke 1:66All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 5:18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
Luke 6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
Luke 8:16“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
Luke 8:16“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
Luke 9:44“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”
Luke 11:33“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
Luke 12:46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
Luke 14:29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
Luke 19:21for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’
Luke 19:22“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
Luke 20:43until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” ’
Luke 21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
Luke 22:41He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed,
Luke 23:53He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
Luke 23:55The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
John 2:10and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”
Acts 3:2A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:15even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:17Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
John 10:18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
John 10:18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
John 11:34and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
John 13:4arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist.
John 13:37Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
John 13:38Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.
John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 19:19Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
John 19:41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
John 19:42Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
John 20:2Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”
John 20:13They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”