Quick Definition
ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ n.f. a putting off, a laying down
Strong's Definition
from 659; a laying aside (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: putting away (off)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπόθεσις, -ews, ἡ, [ἀποτίθημιἼ. a putting off or away: 2 Pet. i. 14; 1 Pet. iii. 21. [In various senses fr. Hippoe. and Plato down. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπόθεσις apothesis 2x
a putting off or away, laying aside, a euphemism for death, 1 Pet. 3:21; 2 Pet. 1:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀπό-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀποτίθημι),
a putting away: I Pe 3:21, II Pe 1:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπόθεσις. BGU II. 606° (A.D. 306) πρὸς ἀ]πόθεσιν ἀχύρου. Sy// 42018 (iv/A.D. zit.) τῇ ἀποθέσει τῶν στεφάνων, the ceremony of resigning a priesthood, the inauguration to which was παράληψις τοῦ στεφάνου (so Ed.). ᾿Απόθετος occurs in a petition P Oxy I. 71478 (4.p. 303), but unfortunately the passage is much mutilated. With the idea of 2 Pet 114 we might compare σῶ]μ᾽ ἀποδυσάμενος in Kabel 403° (iv/v A.v., but not Christian).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπόθεσις (apothesis) — removal. ἀπόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποτίθημι) laying up in store, σκευῶν[Refs]; εἰς ἀ. γενέσθαι to be stored up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. τῆς τροφῆς, of bees,[Refs]; preserving, of fish, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2. the final movement in setting a dislocated or fractured limb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]in Hp.Fract.[Refs] C.; falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. κατ᾽ ἀπόθεσιν, of internal abscesses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. putting aside, making away with, getting rid of, ῥύπου[NT]
II.2. exposure of children, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. resignation of an office, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. ἀ. κώλου, περιόδου, close or cadence of a phrase, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in metres, ={κατάληξις}, [Refs 7th c.AD+]
III. ={ἀποδυτήριον}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]