Dictionary entry

διατίθημι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δια-τίθημι

[in LXX chiefly for כּרת, freq. δ. διαθήκην (כָּרַת בְּרִית);]

to place separately, arrange, dispose. Mid, only in NT;

(a) in general, to dispose of; c. dat. pers., to assign to one, Lk 22:29;

(b) to dispose of by a will, make a testament (in cl., δ. διαθήκην also in this sense): He 9:16, 17 (but cf. R, mg., and v.s. διαθήκη).

2. δ. διαθήκην, to make a covenant (Aristoph.): c. dat. pers., He 8:10(LXX); seq. πρός, c. acc pers., Ac 3:25, He 10:16(LXX) (cf. ἀντι-διατίθημι).†