Greek noun (feminine) · G1242
διαθήκη
diathekedee-ath-ay'-kay
as usually in cl.; As in LXX (for בְּרִית) = cl. συνθήκη
33 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diathḗkē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1242is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1242
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
The King James renders it: covenant, testament.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diatheke is rendered "as usually in cl.; As in LXX (for בְּרִית) = cl. συνθήκη". It stands 33 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "as usually in cl.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 26:28διαθήκης
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's thirty-three uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: as usually in cl., and As in LXX (for בְּרִית) = cl. συνθήκη.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| as usually in cl.a disposition | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified… |
| As in LXX (for בְּרִית) = cl. συνθήκηa convention | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 33, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διαθήκης16
- διαθήκη7
- διαθήκην5
- διαθῆκαι2
- διαθήκῃ2
- διαθηκῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular16N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular7N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular5N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF
Matthew
one use
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Mark
one use
He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Luke
two uses
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Acts
two uses
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- διαθήκηνdiathekennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Romans
two uses
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- διαθῆκαιdiathekainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: covenants
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
1 Corinthians
one use
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
2 Corinthians
two uses
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Galatians
three uses
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
- διαθήκηνdiathekennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a covenant
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- διαθήκηνdiathekennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
- διαθῆκαιdiathekainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: covenants
Ephesians
one use
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- διαθηκῶνdiathekonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: covenants
Hebrews
seventeen uses
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- διαθήκηνdiathekennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a covenant
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- διαθήκηνdiathekennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
- διαθήκῃdiathekenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a covenant
- διαθήκῃdiathekenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a will
because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: A will
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- διαθήκηdiathekenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a covenant
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of covenant
Revelation
one use
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- διαθήκηςdiathekesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: covenant
Where it leads
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.