διαθήκη

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covenant

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)