Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiaθíki/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiaθíci/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiaθíci/

Noun

διαθήκη • ‎(diathḗkē) f ‎(genitive διαθήκη); first declension

1. testament, will (legal document)
2. covenant

Inflection

References

• διαθήκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διαθήκη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «διαθήκη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «διαθήκη» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G1242”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bequest idem, page 74.
  • disposition idem, page 237.
  • testament idem, page 863.
  • will idem, page 979.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiaˈθici/
• Hyphenation: δι‧α‧θή‧κη

Noun

διαθήκη • ‎(diathíki) f ‎(plural διαθήκες)

1. (law) will, testament (document)

Declension

Derived terms

• Καινή Διαθήκη f ‎(Kainí Diathíki, “New Testament”)
• Κιβωτός της Διαθήκης f ‎(Kivotós tis Diathíkis, “Arc of the Covenent”)