Deposit
παραθήκηStrong’s G3866parathēkē
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parathēkē is the Greek word usually translated “entrusted deposit” and “deposit committed”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:”
Meaning
Usually translated “entrusted deposit” and “deposit committed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- entrusted deposit 2
- deposit committed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Timothy 2
- 1 Timothy 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Timothy 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- 2 Timothy 1:14That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Greek dictionary
παραθήκη parathēkē · deposit
παρα-θήκη, -ης, ἡ (παρατίθημι), [in LXX: Lev.6:2, 4 (Lev 5:21, 23) (פִּקָּדוֹן), and in Tob 10:13, 2Ma.3:10 2Mac 3:15, seel. for παρακαταθήκη (which see) * ;] a deposit or trust: 1Ti.6:20, 2Ti.1:12 1:14 (for exx. of this form, see MM, Exp., iii, xviii).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deposit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEPOSIT, verb transitive
- To lay down; to lay; to throw down.
- To lay up; to lay in a place for preservation.
- To lodge in the hands of a person for safe-keeping or other purpose; to commit to the care of; to entrust; to commit to one as a pledge.
- To lay aside.
All definitions and other forms of “deposit”
DEPOSIT, noun
- That which is laid or thrown down; any matter laid or thrown down, or lodged.
- Any thing entrusted to the care of another; a pledge; a pawn; a thing given as security, or for preservation; as, these papers are committed to you as a sacred deposit; he
- A place where things are deposited; a depository.
- A city or town where goods are lodged for safe-keeping or for reshipment.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.