verb

katatithemō

Greekκατατίθημι (katatithēmi)

Strong’sG2698

I lay down, deposit

stem katatith-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

do2×

What it means

κατα-τίθημι,

[in LXX: I Ch 21:27 שׁוּב hi.), Ps 40 (41):8 (יצק), I Mac 10:23, al.;]

to lay down, deposit, lay by: Mk 15:46, T; mid., to lay up for oneself: χάριν (Hdt., al., v. LS, s.v.), c. dat. pers., Ac 24:27 25:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2698 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-at-ith'-ay-mee

to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G2596 and G5087;

King Jamesdo, lay, shew.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katatitheraκαταθέσθαι	happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive	do	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katatithemō	katatitheme	katatithemi	katatithema	katatithemē	katatithemelē
you 2nd person singular	katatithesō	katatithese	katatithesi	katatithesa	katatithesē	katatitheselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katatithetō	katatithete	katatitheti	katatitheta	katatithetē	katatithetelē
we 1st person plural	katatithenō	katatithene	katatitheni	katatithena	katatithenē	katatithenelē
ye 2nd person plural	katatithevō	katatitheve	katatithevi	katatitheva	katatithevē	katatithevelē
they 3rd person plural	katatithelō	katatithele	katatitheli	katatithela	katatithelē	katatithelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katatithemeiō	katatithemeia	katatithemeiē
you 2nd person singular	katatitheseiō	katatitheseia	katatitheseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katatitheteiō	katatitheteia	katatitheteiē
we 1st person plural	katatitheneiō	katatitheneia	katatitheneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katatitheveiō	katatitheveia	katatitheveiē
they 3rd person plural	katatitheleiō	katatitheleia	katatitheleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katatithesōr	katatithesar	katatithesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katatithetōr	katatithetar	katatithetēr
ye 2nd person plural	katatithevōr	katatithevar	katatithevēr
they 3rd person plural	katatithelōr	katatithelar	katatithelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katatithemoiō	katatithemoia
you 2nd person singular	katatithesoiō	katatithesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katatithetoiō	katatithetoia
we 1st person plural	katatithenoiō	katatithenoia
ye 2nd person plural	katatithevoiō	katatithevoia
they 3rd person plural	katatitheloiō	katatitheloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	katatitherō	katatitheri	katatithera2×καταθέσθαι	katatitherē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	katatitherōtos	katatitheritos	katatitheratos	katatitherētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

katatithstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

katatith is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

katatithera“do”happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive2×

Acts 24:27“do”Dietiau de plēriratau lambata diadochon tos Fēlixos Porkion Fēston; thelarōtos tē charian katatithera toi Ioudaioi tos Fēlixos kataleipata ton Paulon dirēton.After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 25:9“do”tos Fēstos de thelarōtos toi Ioudaioi charian katatithera apokriniratos to Paulo legata; Thelasō eis Hierosolumeim anabainaratos ekei peri houteiu krinira epi mu?But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”