What does διατίθεμαι (diatíthemai) mean in the Bible?
διατίθεμαι (diatíthemai): To establish a binding agreement or covenant, often with formal disposition of terms to involved parties.
Greek · G1303
διατίθεμαι
To make a covenant
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διατίθεμαι G1303
Pronunciation diatíthemai
What does διατίθεμαι (diatíthemai) mean in the Bible?
διατίθεμαι (diatíthemai): To establish a binding agreement or covenant, often with formal disposition of terms to involved parties.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1303?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include I will make (2), made [it] (2), bestow (1), has bestowed [one] (1), made (1).
Where does διατίθεμαι (diatíthemai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 22:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (4), Luke (2), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It I will make 2× Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16
made [it] 2× Hebrews 9:16, Hebrews 9:17
bestow 1× Luke 22:29
has bestowed [one] 1× Luke 22:29
made 1× Acts 3:25
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 22:29 διατίθεμαι to bestow Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular Luke 22:29 διέθετό to has bestowed [one] Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Acts 3:25 διέθετο to made Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Hebrews 8:10 διαθήσομαι to I will make Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular Hebrews 9:16 διαθεμένου to made [it] Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Masculine Singular Hebrews 9:17 διαθέμενος to made [it] Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Hebrews 10:16 διαθήσομαι to I will make Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 22:29
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Luke 2 Acts 1 Hebrews 4
Source forms
διαθήσομαι 2x diathēsomai Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16
διαθέμενος 1x diathemenos Hebrews 9:17
διαθεμένου 1x diathemenou Hebrews 9:16
διατίθεμαι 1x diatithemai Luke 22:29
διέθετο 1x dietheto Acts 3:25
διέθετό 1x dietheto Luke 22:29
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 2x Luke 22:29, Acts 3:25
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular 2x Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:16
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:17
Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular 1x Luke 22:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To establish a binding agreement or covenant, often with formal disposition of terms to involved parties.
Strong's G1303
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 2 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to make a covenant
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To establish a binding agreement or covenant, often with formal disposition of terms to involved parties.
to place separately, arrange, dispose. Mid, only in NT;
1(a) in general, to dispose of; with dative of person(s), to assign to one, Luk.22:29;
bto dispose of by a will, make a testament (in cl., δ. διαθήκην also in this sense): Heb.9:16-17 (but cf. R, mg., and see: διαθήκη).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 22:29 Verb First Person Singular Present Middle Indicative
διατίθεμαι diatiqemai
I appoint, make
Read verse Luke 22:29 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Indicative
διέθετό dieqeto
I appoint, make
Read verse Acts 3:25 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Indicative
διέθετο dieqeto
I appoint, make
Read verse Hebrews 8:10 Verb First Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
διαθήσομαι diaqhsomai
I appoint, make
Read verse Hebrews 9:16 Verb Second Aorist Middle Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
διαθεμένου. diaqemenou
I appoint, make
Read verse Hebrews 9:17 Verb Second Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
διαθέμενος. diaqemenov
I appoint, make
Read verse Hebrews 10:16 Verb First Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
διαθήσομαι diaqhsomai
I appoint, make
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 7 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 5×
Aorist Middle Luke 22:29 · Acts 3:25 2×
Future Middle Heb 8:10 · Heb 10:16 2×
Present Middle Luke 22:29 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Middle Heb 9:16 · Heb 9:17 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4 future 2 present 1
Voice
middle 7
Mood
indicative 5 participle 2
NT Occurrences
Luke 22:29 διατίθεμαι present middle indicative ongoing Luke 22:29 διέθετό aorist middle indicative completed Acts 3:25 διέθετο aorist middle indicative completed Hebrews 8:10 διαθήσομαι future middle indicative prospective Hebrews 9:16 διαθεμένου aorist middle participle participle Hebrews 9:17 διαθέμενος aorist middle participle participle Hebrews 10:16 διαθήσομαι future middle indicative prospective
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 22:24–34 διεθέμην diatíthemai
I confer, appoint by covenant
Showing 1 selected witness from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
διατίθεμαι is built from these roots:
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain