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διαθήκη

diathēkēG1242

covenant

Used 33 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • as usually in cl., a disposition, testament, will
  • As in LXX
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • διαθήκη, -ης, ἡ
  • (διατίθημι), [frequently in LXX, and nearly always for בְּרִית ;]
  • 1. as usually in cl., a disposition, testament, will (Plat., al.): Gal.3:15 (R, mg., but see Lft., in l.), Heb.9:16, 17 (R, txt.; MM, Exp., xi; Milligan, NTD, 75; Abbott, Essays, 107; Deiss., LAE, 341; but see infr.).
  • 2. As in LXX (for בְּרִית) = cl. συνθήκη, a convention, arrangement, covenant (exc. in the disputed cases mentioned above, always between God and man, "perhaps with the feeling that the δια- compound was more suitable than the συν- for a covenant with God---συνθ. might suggest equal terms," MM, Exp., l.with): Gal.3:15 (R, txt., but see supr., and cf. Thayer, see word), Heb.9:16, 17 (R, mg., Westc., in l.; Hatch, Essays, 47; but see supr.), Mat.26:28, Mrk.14:24, Luk.1:72, Act.3:25 7:8, Rom.11:27" (LXX), 2Co.3:14, Gal.3:17, Heb.7:22 8:6, ib. 9, 10" (LXX) 9:4, 15-17 20" (LXX) 10:16 (LXX), 29 12:24 13:20, Rev.11:19; καινὴ δ., Mat.26:28, and Mrk.14:24 (R, mg.), Luk.22:20, 1Co.11:25, 2Co.3:6, Heb.8:8" (LXX) 9:15; pl. Rom.9:4, Gal.4:24, Eph.2:12.†
  • (AS)

Same idea, other words · Covenant

A covenant is a binding relationship God initiates. The Greek Old Testament's diatheke carries the idea into the New Testament, including the new covenant in Christ's blood.

Where it appears

Every use · BSB

  1. Matthew 26:28διαθήκηςcovenant

    This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

  2. Mark 14:24διαθήκηςcovenant

    He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

  3. Luke 1:72διαθήκης[the] covenant

    to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

  4. Luke 22:20διαθήκηcovenant

    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.

  5. Acts 3:25διαθήκηςcovenant

    And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

  6. Acts 7:8διαθήκην[the] covenant

    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

  7. Romans 9:4διαθῆκαιcovenants

    the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

  8. Romans 11:27διαθήκη,covenant,

    And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

  9. 1 Corinthians 11:25διαθήκηcovenant

    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

  10. 2 Corinthians 3:6διαθήκης,covenant,

    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  11. 2 Corinthians 3:14διαθήκηςcovenant

    But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

  12. Galatians 3:15διαθήκηνa covenant

    Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

  13. Galatians 3:17διαθήκην[The] covenant

    What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

  14. Galatians 4:24διαθῆκαι,covenants,

    These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.

  15. Ephesians 2:12διαθηκῶνcovenants

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

  16. Hebrews 7:22διαθήκηςcovenant

    Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

  17. Hebrews 8:6διαθήκηςcovenant

    Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

  18. Hebrews 8:8διαθήκηνa covenant

    But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

  19. Hebrews 8:9διαθήκηνcovenant

    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

  20. Hebrews 8:9διαθήκῃcovenant

    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

  21. Hebrews 8:10διαθήκηcovenant

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

  22. Hebrews 9:4διαθήκηςcovenant

    containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

  23. Hebrews 9:4διαθήκης·covenant;

    containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

  24. Hebrews 9:15διαθήκηςof a covenant

    Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

  25. Hebrews 9:15διαθήκῃcovenant

    Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

  26. Hebrews 9:16διαθήκη,[there is] a will,

    In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,

  27. Hebrews 9:17διαθήκηA will

    because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

  28. Hebrews 9:20διαθήκηςcovenant

    saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

  29. Hebrews 10:16διαθήκηcovenant

    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

  30. Hebrews 10:29διαθήκηςcovenant

    How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

  31. Hebrews 12:24διαθήκηςof a covenant

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

  32. Hebrews 13:20διαθήκηςof [the] covenant

    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

  33. Revelation 11:19διαθήκηςcovenant

    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

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