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To put on

περιτίθημιStrong’s G4060

peritithēmi

Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament

In short

Peritithēmi is the Greek word usually translated “placed”, “having put” and “put around”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.

“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:”
Matthew 21:33 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “placed”, “having put” and “put around”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • placed 2
  • having put 2
  • they put around 1
  • having put on 1
  • he placed around 1
  • we bestow 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 3
  • Mark 3
  • John 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

4 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

περιτίθημι peritithēmi · to put on

περι-τίθημι [in LXX for נָתַן, שׂוּם, etc. ;] to place or put around: with accusative and dative, Mat.21:33 27:48, Mrk.12:1 15:36, Jhn.19:29; of garments, etc., to put on: Mat.27:28 Mrk.15:17 (Sir.6:31). Metaphorical, like περιβάλλω, to bestow, confer (Thuc., al., Est.1:20): 1Co.12:23.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “placed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PLA'CED, participle passive

Set; fixed; located; established.

    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.