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Lexicon :: Strong's G1242 - diathēkē

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διαθήκη
Transliteration
diathēkē (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-ath-ay'-kay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 2:106,157

Strong’s Definitions

διαθήκη diathḗkē, dee-ath-ay'-kay; from G1303; properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will):—covenant, testament.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's G1242 in the following manner: covenant (20x), testament (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's G1242 in the following manner: covenant (20x), testament (13x).
  1. a disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last disposition which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death, a testament or will

  2. a compact, a covenant, a testament

    1. God's covenant with Noah, etc.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διαθήκη diathḗkē, dee-ath-ay'-kay; from G1303; properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will):—covenant, testament.
STRONGS G1242:
διαθήκη, -ης, , (διατίθημι);
1. a disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid (German Verordnung, Willensverfϋgung): Galatians 3:15, where under the name of a man's disposition is meant specifically a testament, so far forth as it is a specimen and example of that disposition [cf. Meyer or Bp. Lightfoot at the passage]; especially the last disposal which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death, a testament or will (so in Greek writings from [Aristophanes], Plato, legg. 11, p. 922 c. following down): Hebrews 9:16f
2. a compact, covenant (Aristophanes av. 440), very often in the Scriptures for בְּרִית (Vulg. testamentum). For the word covenant is used to denote the close relationship which God entered into, first with Noah (Genesis 6:18; Genesis 9:9ff [cf. Sir. 44:18]), then with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their posterity (Leviticus 26:42 [cf. 2 Macc. 1:2]), but especially with Abraham (Genesis 15 and Genesis 17), and afterward through Moses with the people of Israel (Exodus 24; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 28:69 (Deuteronomy 29:1)). By this last covenant the Israelites are bound to obey God's will as expressed and solemnly promulged in the Mosaic law; and he promises them his almighty protection and blessings of every kind in this world, but threatens transgressors with the severest punishments. Hence, in the N. T. we find mention of αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης (הַבְּרִית לוּחות, Deuteronomy 9:9, 15), the tables of the law, on which the duties of the covenant were inscribed (Exodus 20); of κιβωτὸς τῆς διαθ. (הַבְּרִית אֲרון, Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 31:9; Joshua 3:6, etc.), the ark of the covenant or law, in which those tables were deposited, Hebrews 9:4; Revelation 11:19; of διαθήκη περιτομῆς, the covenant of circumcision, made with Abraham, whose sign and seal was circumcision (Genesis 17:10ff), Acts 7:8; of τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης, the blood of the victims, by the shedding and sprinkling of which the Mosaic covenant was ratified, Hebrews 9:20 from Exodus 24:8; of αἱ διαθῆκαι, the covenants, one made with Abraham, the other through Moses with the Israelites, Romans 9:4 [L text Tr marginal reading διαθήκη] (Wis. 18:22; Sir. 44:11; 2 Macc. 8:15; Epistle of Barnabas 9; [cf. Winer's Grammar, 177 (166)]); of αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, the covenants to which the promise of salvation through the Messiah was annexed, Ephesians 2:12 (συνθῆκαι ἀγαθῶν ὑποσχέσεων, Wis. 12:21); for Christian salvation is the fulfillment of the divine promises annexed to those covenants, especially to that made with Abraham: Luke 1:72; Acts 3:25; Romans 11:27; Galatians 3:17 (where διαθήκη is God's arrangement, i. e. the promise made to Abraham). As the new and far more excellent bond of friendship which God in the Messiah's time would enter into with the people of Israel is called, חֲדָשָׁה בְּרִית, καινὴ διαθήκη (Jeremiah 38:31 (Jer. 31:31)) — which divine promise Christ has made good (Hebrews 8:8-10; Hebrews 10:16) — we find in the N. T. two distinct covenants spoken of, δύο διαθῆκαι (Galatians 4:24), namely, the Mosaic and the Christian, with the former of which (τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ, Hebrews 9:15, 18, cf. 8:9) the latter is contrasted, as καινὴ διαθήκη, Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24 (in both passages in R G L [in Matthew in Tr also]); Luke 22:20 [WH reject the passage]; 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:8; κρείττων διαθήκη, Hebrews 7:22; αἰώνιος διαθήκη, Hebrews 13:20; and Christ is called κρείττονος or καινῆς or νέας διαθήκης μεσίτης: Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 12:24. This new covenant binds men to exercise faith in Christ, and God promises them grace and salvation eternal. This covenant Christ set up and ratified by undergoing death; hence, the phrases τὸ αἷμα τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης (see αἷμα sub at the end), [Hebrews 10:29]; τὸ αἷμά μου τῆς διαθήκης, my blood by the shedding of which the covenant is established, Matthew 26:28 T WH and Mark 14:24 T Tr WH (on two genitives after one noun cf. Matthiae, § 380, Anm. 1; Kühner, ii., p. 288f; [Jelf, § 543, 1, cf § 466; Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 Note 3; Buttmann, 155 (136)]). By metonymy of the contained for the container παλαιὰ διαθήκη is used in 2 Corinthians 3:14 of the sacred books of the O. T. because in them the conditions and principles of the older covenant were recorded. Finally must be noted the amphiboly or twofold use [cf. Philo de mut. nom. § 6] by which the writer to the Hebrews, in Hebrews 9:16f, substitutes for the meaning covenant which διαθήκη bears elsewhere in the Epistle that of testament (see 1 above), and likens Christ to a testator — not only because the author regards eternal blessedness as an inheritance bequeathed by Christ, but also because he is endeavoring to show, both that the attainment of eternal salvation is made possible for the disciples of Christ by his death (Hebrews 9:15), and that even the Mosaic covenant had been consecrated by blood (Hebrews 9:18ff). This, apparently, led the Latin Vulgate to render διαθήκη wherever it occurs in the Bible [i. e. in the New Testament, not always in the Old Testament; see B. D. under the word Covenant, and B. D. American edition under the word Testament] by the word testamentum.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
6:18; 9:9; 15; 17; 17:10
Exodus
20; 24; 24:8
Leviticus
26:42
Deuteronomy
5:2; 9:9; 9:15; 10:8; 29:1; 31:9
Joshua
3:6
Jeremiah
31:31
Matthew
26:28; 26:28
Mark
14:24; 14:24
Luke
1:72; 22:20
Acts
3:25; 7:8
Romans
9:4; 11:27
1 Corinthians
11:25
2 Corinthians
3:6; 3:14
Galatians
3:15; 3:17; 4:24
Ephesians
2:12
Hebrews
7:22; 8:6; 8:8; 8:8; 8:9; 8:9; 8:10; 9:4; 9:15; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:18; 9:18; 9:20; 10:16; 10:29; 12:24; 13:20
Revelation
11:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1242 matches the Greek διαθήκη (diathēkē),
which occurs 297 times in 278 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 6:18–Num 14:44)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:18 -

“But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:9 -

“Understand that I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:11 -

“I establish my covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by floodwaters; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:12 -

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13 -

“I have placed my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:15 -

“I will remember my covenant between me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16 -

“The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the permanent covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:17 -

God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and every creature on earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 -

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 -

“I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 -

“As for me, here is my covenant with you: You will become the father of many nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:7 -

“I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:9 -

God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep my covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 -

“This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: Every one of your males must be circumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:11 -

“You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and you.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13 -

“Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14 -

“If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 -

But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.[fn] I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:21 -

“But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 -

Abraham took flocks and herds and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 -

After they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 -

They replied, “We have clearly seen how the LORD has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties ​— ​between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 -

“Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be a witness between the two of us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:24 -

God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:4 -

“I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as aliens.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 -

“Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 -

“Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 -

“But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:32 -

“You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:7 -

He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, “We will do and obey all that the LORD has commanded.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:8 -

Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 -

“In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the LORD. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 -

“the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on top of it, and all the other furnishings of the tent ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:16 -

“The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it throughout their generations as a permanent covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 -

And the LORD responded, “Look, I am making a covenant. In the presence of all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done[fn] in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the LORD’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 -

“Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:15 -

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:27 -

The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 -

Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat food or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 -

“You are to season each of your grain offerings with salt; you must not omit from your grain offering the salt of the covenant with your God. You are to present salt with each of your offerings.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:8 -

“The bread is to be set out before the LORD every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant obligation on the part of the Israelites.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 -

“I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm my covenant with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 -

“I will place my residence[fn] among you, and I will not reject you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 -

“if you reject my statutes and despise my ordinances, and do not observe all my commands ​— ​and break my covenant,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 -

“I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:42 -

“then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will also remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 -

“Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break my covenant with them, since I am the LORD their God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 -

“For their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I am the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 -

They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 -

But they dared to go up the ridge of the hill country, even though the ark of the LORD’s covenant and Moses did not leave the camp.


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