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RV
, “layeth down” (
KJV
, “giveth”); vv. 17, 18 (twice); 1 John 3:16; (2) of Peter for
Christ’s sake, John 13:37, 38; (3) of Christ’s followers, on behalf of others, 1 John 3:16;
(4) of anyone, for his friends, John 15:13; (f) “laying” up sayings in one’s heart, Luke
1:66 (middle voice, in the sense of “for themselves”); in 9:44, of letting Christ’s words
“sink” (middle voice, in the sense of “for oneself”;
KJV
, “sink down”) into the ears; (g)
“laying” a foundation (1) literally, Luke 6:48; 14:29; (2) metaphorically, of Christ in
relation to an assembly, 1 Cor. 3:10, 11; (h) in “laying” Christ as a “stone of stumbling”
for Israel, Rom. 9:33; (i) Christ’s “laying” aside His garments, John 13:4; (j) Christians,
in “laying” money in store for the help of the needy, 1 Cor. 16:2 (lit., “let him put”); (k)
“depositing” money, Luke 19:21, 22. See
APPOINT
.
2.
(
&
, 2698), “to lay down” (
), is used in Mark 15:46 of the
act of Joseph of Arimathaea in “laying” Christ’s body in the tomb (some mss. have No. 1
here). See
DO
,
Note
(4),
SHEW
.
3.
(
1
, 906), “to cast, throw, place, put,” is used in the passive voice
signifying “to be laid,” e.g., Mark 7:30; Luke 16:20; for Matt. 8:14,
RV
, “lying” (
KJV
,
“laid”) and 9:2, see
LIE
, No. (3). See
CAST
.
4.
(
# 1
, 1911), “to lay upon,” is used of seizing men, to imprison
them, Acts 4:3. See
CAST
.
5.
(
1
, 2598), “to cast down” (
), is used metaphorically in
Heb. 6:1, in the middle voice, negatively, “of laying” a foundation of certain doctrines.
See
CAST
.
6.
(
&
, 2827), “to make to bend, to bow,” or “to make to lean, to rest,” is
used in Matt. 8:20 and Luke 9:58, in the Lord’s statement, “the Son of man hath not
where to lay His head”; it is significant that this verb is used in John 19:30 of the Lord’s
act at the moment of His death in placing His head into a position of rest, not a helpless
drooping of the head as in all other cases of crucifixion. He reversed the natural order, by
first reclining His head (indicative of His submission to His Father’s will), and then
“giving up His spirit.” The rest He found not on earth in contrast to His creatures the
foxes and birds, He found in this consummating act on the cross. See
BOW
.
7.
(
&
, 347), “to lay down, make to recline” (in the passive voice,
“to lie back, recline”), is used in Luke 2:7, of the act of the Virgin Mary in “laying” her
Child in a manger. See
SIT
.
8.
(
&
, 659), “to put off from oneself” ( , “from,” and No. 1),
always in the middle voice in the NT, is used metaphorically in Heb. 12:1, “laying aside
(every weight);” in Jas. 1:21,
KJV
, “lay apart,”
RV
, “putting away”; in Acts 7:58 of
“laying” down garments, after taking them off, for the purpose of stoning Stephen. See
CAST
,
PUT
.
9.
$
(
% &
, 5294), “to place under, lay down” (
$
, “under,” and
No. 1), is used metaphorically in Rom. 16:4, of risking one’s life, “laid down” (their own
necks). In the middle voice in 1 Tim. 4:6 it is used of “putting” persons in mind,
RV
, (
KJV
,
“in remembrance”). See
REMEMBRANCE
.¶
10.
(
# &
, 2007), “to add to, lay upon,” etc., is used of “laying” hands
on the sick, for healing, Matt. 9:18; 19:13,
RV
, “lay” (
KJV
, “put”); 19:15; Mark 5:23; 6:5;