Dictionary entry

ἀποτίθημι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀπο-τίθημι,

[in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ hi.;]

to put off or aside; in NT always mid.,

(a) to put off from oneself as a garment: τ. ἱμάτια, Ac 7:58; metaph., in ethical sense, to put of, lay aside: Ro 13:12, Eph 4:22, 25, Col 3:8, He 12:1, Ja 1:21, I Pe 2:1;

(b) to stow away, put: ἐν τ. φυλακῇ (MM, s.v.), Mt 14:3.†