Word study · Greek
diathēkē
covenant, testament
Say it: dee-ah-THAY-kay (approximate)
διαθήκη
What it means
In everyday Greek it meant a will or testament; in the Greek Old Testament it translates the Hebrew berit, a covenant, a binding agreement between God and his people. English "testament" in "New Testament" comes from it. At the supper Jesus' words call to mind Sinai (Exodus 24) and Jeremiah's promised new covenant (Jeremiah 31).
Range of meaning
- CovenantAn agreement God makes with his people.
- Will or testamentA document that gives an inheritance.
In Matthew
- Chapter 26
"My blood of the covenant" (26:28).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G1242 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources