ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΣ, διαθηκης
DIATHĒKĒS, diathēkēs
Sounds Like: Dee-ah-THEE-kees
Translations: (of) a covenant, (of) the covenant, (of) a testament, (of) the testament, (of) a will, (of) the will
From the root: ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a solemn agreement or a binding compact, often between God and humans, or between two parties. It can also refer to a last will and testament, a legal document outlining a person's wishes for their possessions after death. Its meaning can shift depending on the context, often referring to a divine covenant in religious texts or a human will in legal contexts.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 106:13
Barnabus
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 28:69, 29:19, 29:20
- 1 Chronicles — 15:25, 15:26, 15:27, 15:28, 15:29, 16:4, 16:6, 16:15, 16:37, 17:1
- 2 Esdras — 23:29
- Judith — 9:13
- 1 Maccabees — 1:15, 1:57, 2:50, 2:54, 4:10
- Psalms — 104:8, 105:45, 110:5
- Sirach — 24:23, 39:8, 41:20, 42:2
- Isaiah — 56:6
- Jeremiah — 3:16, 11:2, 11:3, 11:6
- Obadiah — 1:7
- Malachi — 2:14, 3:1
- Matthew — 26:28
- Mark — 14:24
- Luke — 1:72
- Acts of the Apostles — 3:25
- 2 Corinthians — 3:6, 3:14
- Hebrews — 7:22, 8:6, 9:4, 9:15, 9:20, 10:29, 12:24, 13:20
- Revelation — 11:19
- Epistle of Barnabas — 6:19, 9:6, 9:9, 13:6, 14:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:156
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 31:19
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 9:12, 9:13, 9:15, 9:17, 17:11
- Exodus — 2:24, 6:5, 24:7, 24:8, 27:21, 31:7, 34:28, 39:15
- Leviticus — 2:13, 26:25, 26:42, 26:45
- Numbers — 10:33, 14:44
- Deuteronomy — 9:9, 9:11, 10:8, 29:1, 29:9, 29:20, 29:21, 31:9, 31:25, 31:26
- Joshua — 3:3, 3:6, 3:8, 3:11, 3:13, 3:14, 3:15, 3:17, 4:7, 4:9, 4:10, 4:11, 4:16, 4:18, 6:8, 6:9, 6:11, 6:12, 6:13, 9:6
- Judges — 20:27
- 1 Samuel — 5:4, 6:3, 6:18, 7:1
- 2 Samuel — 6:10, 15:24
- 1 Kings — 2:26, 3:15, 6:18, 8:1, 8:9
- 2 Kings — 23:2, 23:3, 23:21
- 1 Chronicles — 15:25, 15:26, 15:27, 15:28, 15:29, 16:4, 16:6, 16:15, 16:37, 17:1, 22:19, 28:2, 28:18
- 2 Chronicles — 5:2, 5:7, 34:30, 34:31
- Nehemiah — 13:29
- Judith — 9:13
- 1 Maccabees — 1:15, 1:57, 2:50, 4:10
- 2 Maccabees — 1:2
- Psalms — 104:8, 105:45, 110:5
- Psalms of Solomon — 10:5, 17:17
- Odes — 13:72
- Sirach — 24:23, 39:8, 41:19, 42:2
- Isaiah — 56:4, 56:6
- Jeremiah — 3:16, 11:2, 11:3, 11:6
- Ezekiel — 16:60, 16:61, 30:5
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:22
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:23, 11:32
- Amos — 1:9
- Obadiah — 1:7
- Zechariah — 9:11
- Malachi — 2:14, 3:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 26:28
- Mark — 14:24
- Luke — 1:72
- Acts — 3:25
- 2 Corinthians — 3:6, 3:14
- Hebrews — 7:22, 8:6, 9:4, 9:15, 9:20, 10:29, 12:24, 13:20
- Revelation — 11:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ.
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.
- ΔΑΘΗΚΗ — covenant, testament, will, a covenant, a testament, a will
- ΔΙΑΘΗ — covenant, a covenant, testament, a testament
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΑΙ — covenants, testaments, agreements
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΑΙΣ — covenants, testaments, wills
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΑΣ — covenants, testaments, wills
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ — covenant, a covenant, testament, a testament, agreement, a will
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΝ — covenant, a covenant, testament, a testament, will, a will, disposition, an arrangement
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΩΝ — of covenants, of testaments, of wills
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚ‾Η‾ — covenant, testament, will, a covenant, a testament, a will
- ΔΙΑΘΗΝ — covenant, a covenant, testament, a testament
- ΔΙΑΘΗΣΕΙ — (to) a covenant, (to) a testament, (to) a will, (to) an agreement
- ΔΙΑΘΗΣΕΙΝ — covenant, testament, will, a covenant, a testament, a will
- ΔΙΑΘΗΤΑΙ — covenants, testaments
- ΔΙΑΦΗΚΗ — covenant, a covenant, testament, a testament, will, a will
- ἘΠΙΔΙΑΘΗΚΑΙΣ — covenants, testaments, a covenant, a testament
- ΤΑΣΔΙΑΘΗΚΑΣ — the covenants, the testaments
- ΤΩΝΔΙΑΘΗΚΩΝ — (of) covenants, (of) testaments, (of) agreements
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