To place around; by implication, to present
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G4060 describes putting something around, on, or upon something else. Its eight governed uses include a wall placed around a vineyard, clothing put on Jesus in mockery, sour-wine sponges put on a support and raised to him, and greater honor placed around parts of the body considered less honorable.
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G4060 describes putting something around, on, or upon something else. Its eight governed uses include a wall placed around a vineyard, clothing put on Jesus in mockery, sour-wine sponges put on a support and raised to him, and greater honor placed around parts of the body considered less honorable.
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include He put (2), put [it] on (2), [and] put (1), [and] set [it] on (1), He put [it] on (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), Matthew (3), 1 Corinthians (1), John (1).
G4060 describes putting something around, on, or upon something else. Its eight governed uses include a wall placed around a vineyard, clothing put on Jesus in mockery, sour-wine sponges put on a support and raised to him, and greater honor placed around parts of the body considered less honorable. The verb names an act of placement; the object, recipient, purpose, and narrative setting determine whether the act protects, mocks, serves, or honors.
Matthew 21:33 and Mark 12:1 use the verb in closely parallel vineyard parables. The fence belongs to the landowner's preparation of the vineyard, but G4060 alone does not authorize a detailed allegory for every construction feature. In Matthew 27:28 and Mark 15:17, soldiers place colored garments and the thorn crown on Jesus as part of public humiliation. These scenes expose abuse of power. They do not make degrading treatment, coerced exposure, racialized mockery, or violence acceptable as a teaching device.
The three sour-wine scenes record a sponge put on a reed or hyssop and lifted to Jesus. Each Gospel supplies its own wording and theological frame; the verb does not identify the plant, prove a sacramental symbolism, or settle every relationship among the accounts. First Corinthians 12:23 turns the placement image toward greater honor and modest care for parts considered less honorable. Paul's body metaphor calls for interdependence and protective dignity, not concealment of abuse, forced modesty, or control of another person's body.
Eight governed forms move from vineyard preparation to passion mockery, sour-wine actions, and the body's practice of greater honor.
He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower.
The verb describes one concrete part of the landowner's preparation before the vineyard is rented to tenants.
Put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth
The object is a sour-wine sponge and the narrative supplies the fulfillment and passion setting. The verb itself does not establish a botanical or typological conclusion.
We treat with greater honor
The BSB renders the placement idiom as the body's deliberate treatment of less honored parts with greater honor and modesty.
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How English Renders ItA compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
Greek word. to place around; by implication, to present
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I put around, bestow
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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How this verb appears across 8 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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περιτίθημι is built from these roots:
G4060 is morally flexible placement language. The same verb can describe careful preparation, public degradation, an action at the cross, or protective honor. That range keeps teachers from turning the word itself into a spiritual code. Matthew and Mark use vineyard fencing inside a parable of entrusted responsibility. The passion narratives show objects placed on or near Jesus amid mockery, thirst, misunderstanding, and death.
Paul uses the word for a community's deliberate care toward members treated as less honorable. The faithful bridge is not symbolic ingenuity but accountable action: consider what is being placed, who bears the effect, whether dignity is protected, and how the passage evaluates the agents.
John.19.29
The governed forms include five indicatives and three aorist active participles. All eight retain an active placement sense, while English renderings vary with the object and construction. Morphology identifies how the action is expressed but does not determine whether it is honorable or abusive.
Vineyard preparation, garments, sour wine, bodily honor, and Scripture fulfillment each have wider canonical contexts. Those connections must be established from the relevant passages rather than inferred from G4060's placement sense alone.
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