G1303: διατίθεμαι
diatíthemai · “to make a covenant”
Definition
to put apart, i.e. (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact, or bequest)
KJV translates it as: appoint, make, testator
Word origin: middle voice from G1223 (διά) and G5087 (τίθημι);
Extended definition
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1303 is translated
- i will make ×2
- appoint ×1
- appointed ×1
- made ×1
- having made it; ×1
- having made it. ×1
Bible verses with G1303 (diatíthemai)
Diatíthemai appears in 6 verses.
- Luke 22:29
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
- Acts 3:25
Ye 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 8:10
For 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 9:16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
- Hebrews 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
- Hebrews 10:16
This 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;