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)
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G1242 — διαθήκη
diathēkē · covenant · Greek
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Matthew 26:28 · διαθήκηςfor this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.Mark 14:24 · διαθήκηςHe said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.Luke 1:72 · διαθήκηςto show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,Luke 22:20 · διαθήκηLikewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.Acts 3:25 · διαθήκηςYou are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’Acts 7:8 · διαθήκηνHe gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.Romans 9:4 · διαθῆκαιwho are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;Romans 11:27 · διαθήκη,This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.”1 Corinthians 11:25 · διαθήκηIn the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”2 Corinthians 3:6 · διαθήκης,who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.2 Corinthians 3:14 · διαθήκηςBut their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.Galatians 3:15 · διαθήκηνBrothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.Galatians 3:17 · διαθήκηνNow I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.Galatians 4:24 · διαθῆκαι,These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.Ephesians 2:12 · διαθηκῶνthat you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.Hebrews 7:22 · διαθήκηςBy so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.Hebrews 8:6 · διαθήκηςBut now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.Hebrews 8:8 · διαθήκηνFor finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;Hebrews 8:9 · διαθήκην · διαθήκῃnot according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.Hebrews 8:10 · διαθήκη“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.Hebrews 9:4 · διαθήκης · διαθήκης·having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;Hebrews 9:15 · διαθήκης · διαθήκῃFor this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.Hebrews 9:16 · διαθήκη,For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.Hebrews 9:17 · διαθήκηFor a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.Hebrews 9:20 · διαθήκηςsaying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”Hebrews 10:16 · διαθήκη“This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;’” then he says,Hebrews 10:29 · διαθήκηςHow much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?Hebrews 12:24 · διαθήκηςto Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.Hebrews 13:20 · διαθήκηςNow may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,Revelation 11:19 · διαθήκηςGod’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.