περιτίθημιperitíthēmi
to place around; by implication, to present
Greek (New Testament) · G4060
Meanings
to place or put around: with accusative et dative, Matthew 21:33, Matthew 27:48, Mark 12:1, Mark 15:36, John 19:29; of garments, etc., to put on: Matthew 27:28, Mark 15:17 (Sirach 6:31). Metaph., like περιβάλλω, to bestow, confer (Thuc., and elsewhere, Esther 1:20): 1 Corinthians 12:23.
Same root
- περίperí · G4012properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
- τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
- περίθεσιςperíthesis · G4025a putting all around, i.e. decorating oneself with
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 21:33 “Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
- Matthew 27:28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
- Matthew 27:48 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
- Mark 12:1 Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
- Mark 15:17 They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
- Mark 15:36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.