Lexical Summary diatithemai: to place separately, dispose of by a will Original Word: διατίθεμαιTransliteration: diatithemai Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-ith'-em-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to place separately, dispose of by a will Meaning: to place separately, dispose of by a will Strong's Concordance appoint, make, testator. Middle voice from dia and tithemi; to put apart, i.e. (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact, or bequest) -- appoint, make, testator. see GREEK dia see GREEK tithemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1303: διατίθημιδιατίθημι: 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: τίνι 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 τίνι (פּ אֶת בֲּרִית כָּרַת, Jeremiah 38:31ff ( |
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