STRONGS G1303:
διατίθημι:
to place separately, dispose, arrange, appoint, [cf.
διά, C. 3]. In the
N. T. only in the middle, present
διατίθεμαι; 2 aorist
διεθέμην; future
διαθήσομαι;
1. to arrange, dispose of, one's own affairs;
a. τί,
of something that belongs to one (often so in secular authors from Xenophon down); with the dative of person added,
in one's favor, to one's advantage; hence,
to assign a thing to another as his possession:
τινὶ βασιλείαν (to appoint),
Luke 22:29.
b. to dispose of by will, make a testament:
Hebrews 9:16f; (Plato, legg. 11, p. 924 e.; with
διαθήκην added, ibid., p. 923 c., etc.).
2. διατίθεμαι διαθήκην τινί (
פּ״ אֶת בֲּרִית כָּרַת, Jeremiah 38:31ff (
Jer. 31:31ff)),
to make a covenant, enter into covenant, with one, [cf. Winers Grammar, 225 (211); Buttmann, 148 (129f)]:
Hebrews 8:10, (
Genesis 15:18);
πρός τινα,
Acts 3:25;
Hebrews 10:16 (
Deuteronomy 7:2);
μετά τινος, 1 Macc. 1:11. The Greeks said
συντίθεμαι πρός τινα,
αἱ πρός τινα συνθῆκαι, Xenophon, Cyril 3, 1, 21. [Compare:
ἀντιδιατίθημι.]
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