Diatíthemai — G1303

Definition

verb

to put apart, i.e. (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact, or bequest)

1. to arrange, dispose of, one's own affairs
1. τί, of something that belongs to one
2. to dispose of by will, make a testament
2. διατίθεμαι διαθήκην τίνι , to make a covenant, enter into covenant, with one

Usually translated as

make, testator, appoint

Origin

middle voice from G1223 and G5087

• diá (G1223)
• títhēmi (G5087)

Occurrences

Diatíthemai occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (4)

• Luke 22:29 — And I appoint (διατίθεμαι) unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
• Luke 22:29 — And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed (διέθετό) unto me;
• Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made (διέθετό) with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
• Hebrews 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make (διαθήσομαι) with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
• Hebrews 9:16 — For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator (διαθεμένου).
• Hebrews 9:17 — For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator (διαθέμενος) liveth.
• Hebrews 10:16 — This is the covenant that I will make (διαθήσομαι) with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;