Diatheke denotes a covenantal arrangement, including those made by God and one described in human terms.

The attested usage presents a covenantal arrangement: God makes, remembers, establishes, and distinguishes such covenants, while Galatians also compares one to a humanly made covenant that is not rejected or amended. The same usage can be described as new, old, holy, eternal, or connected with promise, blood, law, and inheritance.

1. Covenantal arrangement or commitment · dominant

   In Hebrews 8:8 the APB renders God as establishing a new covenant with the houses of Israel and Judah, while Hebrews 8:9 contrasts it with the covenant made with their fathers. Acts 3:25 describes the covenant God made with the fathers in a saying to Abraham, and Galatians 3:15 uses a humanly made covenant as an arrangement that no one rejects or adds to. Hebrews 9:16 and Hebrews 9:17 discuss such an arrangement in relation to the death of the one who made it.

   Hebrews 8:8Hebrews 8:9Acts 3:25Galatians 3:15Hebrews 9:16Hebrews 9:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the term as “covenant” or “covenants,” including descriptions such as “new,” “old,” and “eternal.” Those English renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than isolate every contribution of the term.