ΔΙΑΘΕΣΙΣ, διαθεσις
DIATHESIS, diathesis
Sounds Like: dee-AH-theh-sis
Translations: disposition, arrangement, a disposition, a covenant, a will, a testament
From the root: ΔΙΑΘΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an arrangement, disposition, or state of mind. It can also denote a legal disposition, such as a will or a covenant. It is a compound word formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and θέσις (thesis), meaning 'a placing' or 'a setting'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 1:25
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΘΕΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΘΕΣΕΙ — disposition, state, condition, arrangement, covenant, will, testament
- ΔΙΑΘΕΣΕΙΣ — disposition, arrangement, state, condition, covenant, will, testament
- ΔΙΑΘΕΣΕΩΣ — of arrangement, of disposition, of covenant, of will, of testament
- ΔΙΑΘΕΣΙΝ — disposition, arrangement, administration, state, condition, a disposition, an arrangement, an administration, a state, a condition
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