Definition

properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)

Etymology

from G1303 (διατίθεμαι);

Word family

• διατίθεμαι diatíthemai

How the KJV renders it

• covenant
• testament

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.