ἔκθετος
ékthetos · G1570 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
-
exposed, abandoned
(Derivative of ἐκτίθημι ‘to put out of,’) Pertaining to being put out and hence exposed (with particular reference to abandoned children)
ExamplesActs 7:19 “It was he who shrewdly took advantage of our nation and mistreated our fathers in order that they would abandon their infants in the Nile, so that they would not survive.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Contrasting words 2 words
- τρέφω tréphō · G5142 · to provide food for, to give food to someone to eat, to take care of
- Greek verb meaning to nourish, rear, or bring up a child. The lexical opposite of exposing to perish (ἔκθετος) is to nurture and preserve life—precisely what τρέφω denotes in contexts of child-rearing.
- ἐκτρέφω ektréphō · G1625 · to provide food for, to give food to someone to eat, to raise
- Greek compound verb meaning to rear or bring up (especially children). Directly opposite to the act of exposing (making ἔκθετος)—to ἐκτρέφω is to care for and raise, the antithesis of abandoning to perish.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שָׁלַךְ shâlak · H7993 · to cast, to throw, to hurl
- Hebrew verb meaning to cast out or throw away; used in contexts of exposure and abandonment (e.g., Moses cast into the Nile, Exodus 1:22). When used with infants or persons, conveys the same sense of deliberate exposure that ἔκθετος describes.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Exposed, abandoned85.47
- Used in Acts 7:19, of Pharaoh dealing craftily with the Israelites and forcing their fathers to abandon their infants so that they would not survive.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐκθετον (ἐκτίθημι), cast out, exposed: ποιεῖν ἔκθετα (equivalent to ἐκτιθεναι) τά βρέφη,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.