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διαθήκη

MainId: 001256000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1242

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001256001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: διαθήκη

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ης

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τίθημι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001256001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 34.43

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Association

      LEXSubDomains: Establish or Confirm a Relation

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-01 21:24:05

         DefinitionShort: to make a solemn agreement involving reciprocal benefits and responsibilities

         Glosses: ['to make a covenant', 'to covenant together', 'making of a covenant']

      LEXReferences: ROM 11:27, HEB 8:6, HEB 8:8, HEB 8:9, HEB 8:9, HEB 8:10, HEB 10:16, HEB 12:24

   2. LEXID: 001256001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 34.44

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Association

      LEXSubDomains: Establish or Confirm a Relation

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-01 21:24:05

         DefinitionShort: the verbal content of an agreement between two persons specifying reciprocal benefits and responsibilities

         Glosses: ['covenant', 'pact']

         Comments: In {S:04200107200018}, ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν καὶ μνησθῆναι διαθήκης ἁγίας αὐτοῦ ‘(God said he) would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant with them,’ it is possible that διαθήκη denotes either the making of the covenant ({D:34.43}) or the verbal formulation ({D:34.44}).|In rendering the OT term brith, the Septuagint translators employed διαθήκη, literally ‘final will’ or ‘testament,’ in place of συνθήκη ‘contract,’ ‘agreement,’ since they evidently wished to emphasize the fact that the initiative for such a covenantal relationship existed with one person rather than being the result of negotiation and compromise.|In many societies, and particularly in tribal ones, a covenant is a very significant bond between persons. It may, in fact, be the most important and lasting interpersonal relationship. It is seldom entered into lightly, for in many societies a covenant binds a person for a lifetime and may even involve willingness to die for the sake of the covenantal relationship.

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:28, MARK 14:24, LUKE 1:72, LUKE 22:20, ACTs 3:25, ACTs 7:8, ROM 9:4, 1COR 11:25, 2COR 3:6, 2COR 3:14, GAL 3:15, GAL 3:17, GAL 4:24, EPH 2:12, HEB 7:22, HEB 9:4, HEB 9:4, HEB 9:15, HEB 9:15, HEB 10:16, HEB 10:29, HEB 12:24, HEB 13:20, REV 11:19

   3. LEXID: 001256001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 57.124

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

      LEXSubDomains: Give

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-01 21:24:05

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:διατίθημι}[a] ‘to make a will,’ {D:57.123}) a legal document by which property is transferred by the deceased to an heir or heirs

         Glosses: ['will', 'testament']

      LEXReferences: HEB 7:22, HEB 9:16, HEB 9:17, HEB 9:20