Settle - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Settle

[ 1,,G5087, tithemi ]
to put, place," is translated "settle (it therefore in your hearts)" in Luke 21:14, Active Voice in the best texts (some have the Middle), the aorist tense signifying complete decision, i.e., "resolve" (not "consider"); cp. Acts 5:4, "to conceive in the heart," and contrast Luke 1:66, "to lay up" (both have aorist tense, Middle Voice). See APPOINT, No. 3.

Notes:

(1) In 1 Peter 5:10, some texts have themelioo, "to lay a foundation," used metaphorically, and translated "settle," AV.

(2) In Colossians 1:23, AV, hedraios, lit., "seated" (hedra, "a seat"), is translated "settled" (RV, "steadfast").

(3) For epiluo See DETERMINE, No. 4.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words