προτίθημι: 2 aorist middle
προεθέμην; (from
Homer down);
1. to place before, to set forth (cf.
πρό, d.
ἆ.); specifically,
to set forth to be looked at, expose to view:
Exodus 40:4; 4 Macc. 8:11;
Aelian v. h. 14, 8; and often in the middle in this sense:
ποτήρια ἀργυρεα τέ καί χρυσεα,
his own cups,
Herodotus 3, 148;
to expose to public view, in which sense it is the technical term with profane authors in speaking of the bodies of the dead (to let lie in state) (cf.
Passow, under the word, I. 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 1); Stallbaum on
Plato, Phaedo, p. 115 e.; (
Krüger on
Thucydides 2, 34, 1)); the middle points to the owner of the thing exposed: so with
τινα and a predicate accusative.
Romans 3:25 (the middle seems to denote that it was his own Son whom he thus
set forth; cf. 8:32).
2. Middle
to set before oneself, propose to oneself; to purpose, determine (
Plato,
Polybius, others): followed by the infinitive
Romans 1:13; with an accusative of the thing and
ἐν αὐτῷ ((sic); see
αὑτοῦ) added,
in himself (
Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6; (cf. p. 152 (144))),
Ephesians 1:9; (others (reading
ἐν αὐτῷ with
L T Tr WH) render 'in him,' i. e. (probably) Christ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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4; 40:4
- Romans
-
1:13; 3:25
- Ephesians
-
1:9
