1620. ektithémi

Strong's Lexicon

ektithémi: To set forth, to explain, to expose, to declare

Original Word: ἐκτίθημι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ektithémi
Pronunciation: ek-TITH-ay-mee
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-tith'-ay-mee)
Definition: To set forth, to explain, to expose, to declare
Meaning: (a) I put out or expose a child, (b) mid: I set forth, expound, explain.

Word Origin: From the Greek words ἐκ (ek, meaning "out of") and τίθημι (tithémi, meaning "to place" or "to set").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἐκτίθημι, the concept of explaining or expounding is present in Hebrew Scriptures, often associated with the verb בָּאַר (ba'ar), meaning "to explain" or "to make clear."

Usage: The verb ἐκτίθημι primarily means to set forth or to explain something in detail. It can also mean to expose or to declare openly. In the New Testament, it is often used in the context of explaining or expounding upon teachings or events, making them clear to an audience.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the act of explaining or expounding was a critical part of teaching and rhetoric. Philosophers and teachers would often "set forth" their ideas in public forums. In the Jewish tradition, rabbis and teachers of the law would expound upon the Scriptures, making them understandable to the people. This cultural context underscores the importance of clarity and understanding in communication, especially regarding spiritual truths.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from ek and tithémi
Definition
to set forth, fig. to declare
NASB Translation
explain (1), explained (1), explaining (1), set outside (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1620: ἐκτίθημι

ἐκτίθημι: 1 aorist passive participle ἐκτεθεις; middle, imperfect ἐξετιθεμην; 2 aorist ἐξεθέμην; to place or set out, expose;

1. properly: an infant, Acts 7:21; (Wis. 18:5; (Herodotus 1, 112); Aristophanes nub. 531; Aelian v. h. 2, 7; Lucian, de sacrif. 5, and often).

2. Middle metaphorically, to set forth, declare, expound: Acts 11:4; τί, Acts 18:26; Acts 28:23; ((Aristotle, passim); Diodorus 12, 18; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 12, 2; Athen. 7, p. 278 d.; others).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

declare, expound.

From ek and tithemi; to expose; figuratively, to declare -- cast out, expound.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK tithemi

Forms and Transliterations

έκθες εκθήσει εκτεθέν εκτεθέντα εκτεθεντος ἐκτεθέντος εκτέκη εκτίθεμαι εκτιθέσθωσαν εκτίλαι εκτίλατε εκτιλεί εκτίλη εκτιλήσεται εκτίλλω εκτίλω εκτιναγμός εξεθεντο ἐξέθεντο εξέθηκε εξετέθη εξετιθετο εξετίθετο ἐξετίθετο εξετίλη ektethentos ektethéntos exethento exéthento exetitheto exetítheto

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 7:21 V-APP-GMS
GRK: ἐκτεθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ
NAS: And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh's
KJV: when he was cast out, Pharaoh's
INT: having been set outside moreover he

Acts 11:4 V-IIM-3S
GRK: δὲ Πέτρος ἐξετίθετο αὐτοῖς καθεξῆς
NAS: began [speaking] and [proceeded] to explain to them in orderly sequence,
KJV: rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and expounded [it] by order
INT: moreover Peter he set [it] forth to them in order

Acts 18:26 V-AIM-3P
GRK: ἀκριβέστερον αὐτῷ ἐξέθεντο τὴν ὁδὸν
NAS: him, they took him aside and explained to him the way
KJV: unto [them], and expounded unto him
INT: more accurately to him expounded the way

Acts 28:23 V-IIM-3S
GRK: πλείονες οἷς ἐξετίθετο διαμαρτυρόμενος τὴν
NAS: in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying
KJV: to whom he expounded and testified
INT: many to whom he expounded fully testifying the

Strong's Greek 1620
4 Occurrences

ἐκτεθέντος — 1 Occ.
ἐξέθεντο — 1 Occ.
ἐξετίθετο — 2 Occ.