Original Word: περιτίθημι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: peritithémi
Pronunciation: peh-ree-TITH-ay-mee
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-tith'-ay-mee)
Definition: To place around, to put on, to clothe, to bestow
Meaning: I place or put around, clothe; fig: I bestow, confer.

Word Origin: From the Greek words περί (peri, meaning "around") and τίθημι (tithémi, meaning "to place" or "to put").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often involves the verb לָבַשׁ (lavash), meaning "to clothe" or "to wear," as seen in passages like Genesis 41:42, where Joseph is clothed in fine garments by Pharaoh.

Usage: The verb περιτίθημι primarily means to place something around or upon something else. It is often used in the context of clothing or adorning someone with garments or items. In a broader sense, it can also mean to bestow or confer something upon someone, such as honor or responsibility.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, clothing and adornment were significant markers of social status and identity. The act of placing garments or items upon a person could symbolize honor, authority, or a change in status. In the biblical context, this action often carried spiritual or symbolic meaning, such as the bestowal of righteousness or the conferring of a divine calling.

Word Origin
from peri and tithémi
Definition
to place around
NASB Translation
bestow (1), put (5), put...around (2).

STRONGS NT 4060: περιτίθημι

περιτίθημι, 3 person plural περιτιθέασιν (Mark 15:17; see references in ἐπιτίθημι); 1 aorist περιέθηκα; 2 aorist participle περιθείς, περιθέντες; from Homer down;

a. properly, to place around, set about, (cf. περί, III. 1): τίνι τί, as φραγμόν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι, Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1; to put a garment on one, Matthew 27:28; στέφανον, put on (encircle one's head with) a crown, Mark 15:17 (Sir. 6:31; Plato, Alcib. 2, p. 151 a.); τί τίνι, to put or bind one thing around another, Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29.

b. tropically, τίνι τί, to present, bestow, confer, a thing upon one (so in classical Greek from Herodotus down, as ἐλευθερίαν, Herodotus 3, 142; δόξαν, Demosthenes, p. 1417, 3; see Passow, ii, p. 881f; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II.); τό ὄνομα, Wis. 14:21; Thucydides 4, 87): τιμήν, 1 Corinthians 12:23; Esther 1:20.

to place around

From peri and tithemi; to place around; by implication, to present -- bestow upon, hedge round about, put about (on, upon), set about.

see GREEK peri

see GREEK tithemi

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