Bible Lexicons

We are primarily concerned with this verb only in so far as we can throw light upon its usage in the NT. In this connexion it is interesting to notice that Field’s statement (Notes, p. 208 f.) that in 1 Timothy 4:6 ὑποτίθεσθαι ";does not appear to contain the idea of reminding a person of something that he knew before, but simply of suggesting or advising"; may be supported by a private letter of i/ii A.D., BGU VI. 1301.15 γινώσκων ὅτι εἰς πᾶν σοι συνκ ̣[ατα ]βήσομαι ἐὰν ὑποτιθε ̣[να ]ι ̣ β ̣ο ̣υ ̣λ ̣ηι ἑκο ̣ντι ὡς ἄλλως. . .

The difficult phrase in Romans 16:4 τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν, ";laid down their own necks"; in the sense of ";risked their own lives"; is confirmed by Deissmann (LAE2, p. 117 f.) from a Herculaneum papyrus (after B.C. 150), where, however, παραβάλλω takes the place of ὑποτίθημι —ὑπὲρ ?] τοῦ μάλιστ᾽ ἀγαπωμένου τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἢ τῶν φίλων παραβάλοι ἂν ἑτοίμως τὸν τράχηλον, ";for (?) the most beloved of his relatives or friends he would readily stake his neck.";

For the legal usage ";mortgage"; it is sufficient to cite P Petr II. 46 (b).5 (B.C. 200) ὑποτίθημι τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μοι οἰκίαν, P Oxy III. 494.19 (a Will—A.D. 156) γυναικὶ. . . ἐξέστω δι᾽ αὐτῆς πωλεῖν καὶ ὑποτίθεσθαι ἃ ἐὰν αἱρῆται, ";my wife shall have the right to sell and mortgage on her own authority anything she chooses"; (Edd.), and P Ryl II. 162.28 (A.D. 159) πωλοῦσα καὶ ὑποτιθο ̣ῦσα (for form cf. Deissmann BS, p. 193) καὶ μετα ]διδοῦσα, ";having the power of sale, mortgage, gift."; In P Oxy X. 1269.30 (list of property—early ii/A.D.) we hear of κιτῶνα ὑποτεθειμένον Τνεφερσόιτι πρὸς δραχμὰς ὀκτώ, ";a tunic pledged to Tnephersoitis for eight drachmas"; (Edd.). See also P Cairo Zen III. 59361.9 (B.C. 242) τὸν δὲ (χιλιάρουρον) ὑποτιθέμεθα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλαττον (δραχμὰς) ᾽Α ";we assess at the reduced sum of 1000 drachmae"; (Ed.).