2698. κατατίθημι (katatithémi) -- to lay down

Strong's Concordance

katatithémi: to lay down

Original Word: κατατίθημι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katatithémi
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-at-ith'-ay-mee)
Definition: to lay down
Usage: (a) I lay down, deposit, (b) mid: I lay down or deposit a favor, with the view of receiving one in return, seek favor.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kata and tithémi
Definition
to lay down
NASB Translation
do (2), laid (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2698: κατατίθημι

κατατίθημι: 1 aorist κατέθηκα; 2 aorist middle infinitive καταθέσθαι; (from Homer down); "to lay down (see κατά, III. 1), deposit, lay up": active proper, τινα ἐν μνημείῳ, Mark 15:46 (L Tr WH ἔθηκεν); middle to lay by or lay up for oneself, for future use: τίνι, with anyone; χάριν (better χαραματα; see χάρις, at the beginning) and χάριτας κατατίθεσθαι τίνι, to lay up favor for oneself with anyone, to gain favor with (to do something for one which may win favor), Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; so Herodotus 6, 41; Thucydides 1, 33; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 26; Demosthenes 193, 22 (20); φιλίαν τίνι, 1 Macc. 10:23; εὐεργεσίαν τίνι, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 5; (cf. Demosthenes as above). (Compare: συγκατατίθημι.)