διατίθεμαι (διατίθημι, middle only in N.T.), “appoint,” make a disposition of. The corresponding noun is διαθήκη. In Hebrews 9:17 we find ὁ διαθέμενος, a testator, and the verb may be used here in the sense of bequeathing, though that sense is inapplicable to God's gift of a kingdom to Jesus referred to in next clause.

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Old Testament