Strong G1303διατίθημι
to make a covenant
- Transliteration
- diatithemai
- Pronunciation
- dee-at-ith'-em-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-τίθημι
[in LXX chiefly for כָּרַת, frequently δ. διαθήκην (כָּרַת);]
to place separately, arrange, dispose. Mid, only in NT;
1. (a) in general, to dispose of; with dative of person(s), to assign to one, Luk.22:29;
__(b) to dispose of by a will, make a testament (in cl., δ. διαθήκην also in this sense): Heb.9:16-17 (but cf. R, mg., and see: διαθήκη).
2. δ. διαθήκην, to make a covenant (Aristoph.): with dative of person(s), Heb.8:10 (LXX); before πρ, with accusative of person(s), Act.3:25, Heb.10:16" (LXX) (cf. ἀντι-διατίθημι).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כָּרַת, frequently δ. διαθήκην (כָּרַת);]
to place separately, arrange, dispose. Mid, only in NT;
1. (a) in general, to dispose of; with dative of person(s), to assign to one, Luk.22:29;
__(b) to dispose of by a will, make a testament (in cl., δ. διαθήκην also in this sense): Heb.9:16-17 (but cf. R, mg., and see: διαθήκη).
2. δ. διαθήκην, to make a covenant (Aristoph.): with dative of person(s), Heb.8:10 (LXX); before πρ, with accusative of person(s), Act.3:25, Heb.10:16" (LXX) (cf. ἀντι-διατίθημι).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1303 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make3
- testator2
- appoint1
First verses
- Luke 22:29And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
- Acts 3:25Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
- Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
- Hebrews 9:16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
- Hebrews 9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
- Hebrews 10:16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διατίθημι,
3rd.pers. plural imperfect διετίθουν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antipho Tragicus 1)]:—arrange each in their several places, distribute, τὰ κρέα, in sacrificing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132; τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιά, τὸ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά [prev. author] 7.39; ᾗπερ οἱ θεοὶ διέθεσαν τὰ ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.27; δ. οἶνον εἰς ὀστράκια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 594a11.)]
II manage well or ill, usually with adverb, κράτιστα δ. τὰ τοῦ πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.15; καλὸν πρᾶγμα κακῶς δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.88)]; of persons, δ. ἑωυτὸν ἀνηκέστως treat himself barbarously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155:)] —passive, οὐ ῥᾳδίως διετέθη he was not very gently handled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.57)]; ἀπόρως διατεθέντας reduced to helplessness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23; ἀθλίως διατιθέμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121b; σῶμα διατεθειμένῳ κακῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 591.)]
II.2 with accusative person, with adverbs, dispose one so or so, ὅταν οὕτω διαθῇς τοὺς Ἕλληνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.80; οὕτω διαθεὶς.. τὰς πόλεις πρὸς ἀλλήλας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.168; δ. τινὰς ἀπίστως πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτούς [prev. author] 20.22; τὸν ἀκροατὴν δ. πως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1356a3)]:—passive, to be disposed in a certain manner, πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.14; οἰκειότερον διατεθῆναί τινι [prev. author] 12.160; τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302a35)]; ἐρωτικῶς δ., of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207c, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.15 (διάκειμαι is more usually as _passive_ in this sense).)]
III set forth, of speakers, minstrels, etc., recite, κακῶς ποιήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162d, compare “Lg.” 658d; compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 6.)]
III.2 describe, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.16, etc.)]
B middle, arrange as one likes, dispose of, τὴν θυγατέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.7; τὰ σώματα ἐπονειδίστως δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.140; οὔθ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ἂν πορίσωσι.. ταῦτ᾽ ἔχοντες διαθέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.16; εἰς καλὸν δ. τὰ πεπραγμένα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist. Conscr.” 51, compare “Merc.Cond.” 25)]; spend, δ. τὰς οὐσίας εἴς τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.6.5: _metaphorically_, τὸ πλεῖον τῆς ὀργῆς εἴς τινα [prev. author] 16.1.2.)]
B.2 dispose of one's property, devise it by will, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.68; τὴν οὐσίαν ἑτέρῳ [prev. author] 7.1)]; δ. διαθήκας, διαθήκην, make a will, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 922c: _absolutely_, [prev. passage], 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.41)]; κἂν ἀποθάνῃ μὴ διαθέμενος intestate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a28)]; ὁ δ. the testator, [NT (NT.Heb.9.16.)]
B.3 dispose of merchandise, φόρτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 194, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.10, “Ath.” 2.11; τισί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 849d; ἔλαιον καὶ κίκι “PRev.Laws” 48.4 (3rd c.BC))]; δ. τὴν ὥραν καὶ τὴν σοφίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.13; δ. τι τριπλασίας τιμῆς ἢ πρότερον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.31.)]
B.4 arrange or settle mutually, δ. διαθήκην τινί make a covenant with one, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 439; δ. διαθήκην πρός τινα NT.Act.3.25)]; ἔριν δ. ἀλλήλοις settle a quarrel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.23; ὡμολόγνσαν καὶ διέθεντο ὀφείλειν “IG” 12(7).67.58 (from Amorgos).)]
B.5 compose, make, νόμους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834a.)]
B.6 set forth, recite, λόγους, δημηγορίαν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.108.2, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.7, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.17; πολλοὺς ἐπαίνους τινῶν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.17; δ. ῥῆσιν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 1.)]
B.6.b Grammars, διατιθέναι and -τίθεσθαι to act and be acted upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 12.15)]; τὸ διατιθέν and τὸ διατιθέμενον subject and object, [Refs ([prev. work] 127.22.)]
3rd.pers. plural imperfect διετίθουν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antipho Tragicus 1)]:—arrange each in their several places, distribute, τὰ κρέα, in sacrificing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132; τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιά, τὸ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά [prev. author] 7.39; ᾗπερ οἱ θεοὶ διέθεσαν τὰ ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.27; δ. οἶνον εἰς ὀστράκια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 594a11.)]
II manage well or ill, usually with adverb, κράτιστα δ. τὰ τοῦ πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.15; καλὸν πρᾶγμα κακῶς δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.88)]; of persons, δ. ἑωυτὸν ἀνηκέστως treat himself barbarously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155:)] —passive, οὐ ῥᾳδίως διετέθη he was not very gently handled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.57)]; ἀπόρως διατεθέντας reduced to helplessness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23; ἀθλίως διατιθέμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121b; σῶμα διατεθειμένῳ κακῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 591.)]
II.2 with accusative person, with adverbs, dispose one so or so, ὅταν οὕτω διαθῇς τοὺς Ἕλληνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.80; οὕτω διαθεὶς.. τὰς πόλεις πρὸς ἀλλήλας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.168; δ. τινὰς ἀπίστως πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτούς [prev. author] 20.22; τὸν ἀκροατὴν δ. πως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1356a3)]:—passive, to be disposed in a certain manner, πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.14; οἰκειότερον διατεθῆναί τινι [prev. author] 12.160; τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302a35)]; ἐρωτικῶς δ., of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207c, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.15 (διάκειμαι is more usually as _passive_ in this sense).)]
III set forth, of speakers, minstrels, etc., recite, κακῶς ποιήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162d, compare “Lg.” 658d; compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 6.)]
III.2 describe, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.16, etc.)]
B middle, arrange as one likes, dispose of, τὴν θυγατέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.7; τὰ σώματα ἐπονειδίστως δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.140; οὔθ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ἂν πορίσωσι.. ταῦτ᾽ ἔχοντες διαθέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.16; εἰς καλὸν δ. τὰ πεπραγμένα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist. Conscr.” 51, compare “Merc.Cond.” 25)]; spend, δ. τὰς οὐσίας εἴς τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.6.5: _metaphorically_, τὸ πλεῖον τῆς ὀργῆς εἴς τινα [prev. author] 16.1.2.)]
B.2 dispose of one's property, devise it by will, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.68; τὴν οὐσίαν ἑτέρῳ [prev. author] 7.1)]; δ. διαθήκας, διαθήκην, make a will, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 922c: _absolutely_, [prev. passage], 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.41)]; κἂν ἀποθάνῃ μὴ διαθέμενος intestate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a28)]; ὁ δ. the testator, [NT (NT.Heb.9.16.)]
B.3 dispose of merchandise, φόρτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 194, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.10, “Ath.” 2.11; τισί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 849d; ἔλαιον καὶ κίκι “PRev.Laws” 48.4 (3rd c.BC))]; δ. τὴν ὥραν καὶ τὴν σοφίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.13; δ. τι τριπλασίας τιμῆς ἢ πρότερον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.31.)]
B.4 arrange or settle mutually, δ. διαθήκην τινί make a covenant with one, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 439; δ. διαθήκην πρός τινα NT.Act.3.25)]; ἔριν δ. ἀλλήλοις settle a quarrel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.23; ὡμολόγνσαν καὶ διέθεντο ὀφείλειν “IG” 12(7).67.58 (from Amorgos).)]
B.5 compose, make, νόμους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834a.)]
B.6 set forth, recite, λόγους, δημηγορίαν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.108.2, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.7, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.17; πολλοὺς ἐπαίνους τινῶν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.17; δ. ῥῆσιν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 1.)]
B.6.b Grammars, διατιθέναι and -τίθεσθαι to act and be acted upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 12.15)]; τὸ διατιθέν and τὸ διατιθέμενον subject and object, [Refs ([prev. work] 127.22.)]