ἀπο-τίθημι
[in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ hi. ;]
to put off or aside; in NT always mid.,
__(a) to put of from oneself as a garment: τ. ἱμάτια, Act.7:58; metaphorically, in ethical sense, to put of, lay aside: Rom.13:12, Eph.4:22, 25, Col.3:8, Heb.12:1, Jas.1:21, 1Pe.2:1;
__(b) to stow away, put: ἐν τ. φυλακῇ (MM, see word), Mat.14:3.†
(AS)