to set before
Paratithemi describes placing something before others, especially food, and committing persons or matters into another's care.
The dominant use concerns placing something before recipients: food is put before guests or crowds, while parables and an announced matter are set before hearers. A second, distinct use concerns committing people, a charge, teachings, or a spirit to another's care.
Senses in use
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Placing something before recipients · dominant
Food is placed before guests and crowds: in Acts 16:34 the APB renders the clause "set food before them," and in Luke 9:16 the disciples receive bread and fish "to set before the crowd." The same placing-before action is used when another parable is set before listeners in Matthew 13:24 and when a matter concerning the Christ is set before them in Acts 17:3.
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Committing to another's care · common
The middle forms occur where a charge, persons, or a spirit are placed in another's keeping. In 2 Timothy 2:2 the APB renders the instruction "entrust these to faithful men," while Acts 14:23 says that appointed elders were entrusted to the Lord; in Luke 23:46, Jesus commits his spirit into the Father's hands.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses "set before" for food, parables, and a stated matter, while commitment contexts are rendered "entrust," "commit," "commend," or "set this charge before." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.