Quick Definition
deposit
Strong's Definition
something put down alongside, i.e. a deposit (sacred trust)
Derivation: from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and G2698 (κατατίθημι);
KJV Usage: that (thing) which is committed (un-)to (trust)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρακαταθήκη, παρακαταθήκης, ἡ, (παρακατατίθημι), a deposit, a trust: so Rec. in 1Ti_6:20; 2Ti_1:14; (Rec.elz 1633 in 2Ti_1:12 also). (Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 8, 5, p. 1135,{b} 4; Polybius, Diodorus 15, 76; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 38; Aelian v. h. 4, 1); see παραθήκη above.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα -κατα -θήκη , -ης , ἡ .
( <παρακατατίθημι ),
[in LXX : Exo_22:8 ; Exo_22:11 ( H4399 ), and elsewhere as v.l . for παραθήκη , q.v. ;]
more usual than its variant in Gk . writers for a trust or deposit: 1Ti_6:20 , 2Ti_1:14 , Rec.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρακαταθήκη [page 484]
trust, deposit, which is read for παραθήκη in the TR of 1Ti_6:20 , 2Ti_1:14 , may be illustrated from Chrest. I. 198 .17 (B.C. 240) ἐμ παρακαταθήκηι , BGU I. 114 i. 7 (ii/A.D.) ἀπαιτεῖν παρακαταθήκην ἐξ ὑπαρχόντων , .9 νοοῦμεν ὅτι αἱ παρακαταθῆκαι προῖκές ( gifts ) εἰσιν , and P Oxy I. 71 i. 6 (A.D. 303) παρακαταθήκην ἀκίνδυνον καὶ ἀνυπόλογον , a secure deposit, subject to no claim or charge. See also Artem. p. 4 .17 λαβὼν μνᾶς δέκα παρακαταθήκην ἐφύλαξεν and Plut. Anton. 21 where the word is used of deposits with the Vestal Virgins.
For the verb cf. P Oxy II. 237 vii. 16 (A.D. 186) παρακαταθέμενός τε τὸ ἀργύριον , placing money on deposit, and BGU I. 326 i. 16 (A.D. 194) (= Chrest. II. p. 365 ) τῇ τε πίστι [α ]ὐτῆς παρακατατίθομαι ( l. παρακατατίθεμαι ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παρακαταθήκη παρα-καταθήκη, ἡ, "a deposit entrusted to one's care", Lat. fidei commissum, Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. of persons entrusted to guardians, Ἀπόλλωνα παρακαταθήκην δεξαμένη Hdt. ; of children, Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρα-κατα-θήκη, -ης, ἡ
(παρακατατίθημι) [in LXX: Exo.22:8, 11 (מְלָאכָה), and elsewhere as seel. for παραθήκη, which see ;]
more usual than its variant in Gk. writers for a trust or deposit: 1Ti.6:20, 2Ti.1:14, Rec.†
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