ΔΙΑΘΗΚ‾Η‾, διαθηκ‾η‾
DIATHĒK‾Ē‾, diathēk‾ē‾
Sounds Like: dee-ah-THEH-kay
Translations: covenant, testament, will, a covenant, a testament, a will
From the root: ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word, ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ, refers to a covenant, an agreement, or a testament (like a last will and testament). In a religious context, it often refers to God's covenant with humanity. It is a feminine noun. The overline on the final Η indicates a scribal abbreviation, likely for the full word ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ, which is a common practice for important theological terms in ancient manuscripts.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 16:17
- Isaiah — 49:8, 61:8
- Jeremiah — 39:40
- Malachi — 2:8
- Epistle of Barnabas — 14:2, 14:5
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
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΣ — (of) a covenant, (of) the covenant, (of) a testament, (of) the testament, (of) a will, (of) the will
- ΔΙΑΘΗΚΩΝ — of covenants, of testaments, of wills
- 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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