when it was decreed

δοκέω Il.7.192, [dialect] Att. [tense] impf. ἐδόκουν, [dialect] Ep.

A

δοκέεσκον AP5.298

(Agath.): —[voice] Med.,

δοκέοντο Opp.C.4.296

: part. δοκεύμενος ib. 109: the [tense] fut. and other tenses are twofold:

1 [tense] fut. δόξω and [tense] aor. 1 ἔδοξα Pi.N.4.37, h.Merc. 208, etc.: [tense] pf. δέδοχα inferred from [tense] plpf.

ἐδεδόχεσαν D.C.44.26

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐδόχθην Plb.21.10.8

, etc., ([etym.] κατ-) Antipho 2.2.2: [tense] pf.

δέδογμαι Hdt.8.100

, etc.: [tense] plpf.

ἐδέδοκτο Id.9.74

.

2 regul. forms (chiefly Trag., Com., and late Prose), [tense] fut.

δοκήσω A.Pr. 388

, Ar.Nu. 562, etc. (once in Hdt., 4.74); [dialect] Dor. δοκησῶ or

- ᾱσῶ Theoc.1.150

: [tense] aor. ἐδόκησα, [dialect] Ep.

δόκ- Od.10.415

, Pi.O.13.56, A.Th. 1041, Ar.Ra. 1485, etc.: [tense] pf.

δεδόκηκα A.Eu. 309

(lyr.):— [voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐδοκήθην E.Med. 1417

(anap.): [tense] pf.

δεδόκημαι Pi.N.5.19

, E.Med. 763 (anap.), Ar.V. 726, also in Hdt.7.16.γ; but δεδοκημένος (q. v.) belongs to δέχομαι.

I expect (Iterat. of δέκομαι, cf.

δέχομαι 11.3

): hence, think, suppose, imagine, (opp. φρονέω, S.Aj. 942 (lyr.), Pherecr.146.4):

1 c. acc. et inf.,

δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα Il.7.192

;

οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι Hdt.1.8

, cf. 11,27, al., Antipho 2.4.5, etc.: rarely with inf. omitted, δοκῶ.. οὐδὲν ῥῆμα.. κακὸν [εἶναι] S.El.61; τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι] X. An.5.7.26; freq. in relating a dream or vision, τεκεῖν δράκοντ' ἔδοξεν she thought a serpent produced young, A.Ch. 527; ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν.. φέρειν methought an eagle was carrying, Ar.V.15;

ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ' εἰδέναι E.Or. 259

: with inf. only, ἔδοξ' ἰδεῖν methought I saw, ib. 408;

ἔδοξ' ἀκοῦσαι Pl.Prt. 315e

;

ἔδοξ' ἐν ὕπνῳ.. οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει E.IT44

(sts. also, as in signf. 11,

ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε.. μολεῖν A. Pers. 181

;

ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ.. μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν Alex.272.4

).

b think to do, purpose,

ὅταν δ' ἀείδειν.. δοκῶ A.Ag.16

.

2 abs., have or form an opinion,

περί τινος Hdt.9.65

; mostly in parenthetic phrases,

ὡς δοκῶ Pl.Phdr. 264e

; δοκῶ alone, Hdt.9.65, Ar. Pax47, Pl.Prm. 126b; πῶς δοκεῖς; to call attention to something remarked,

τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖς; καθύβρισεν E.Hipp. 446

, cf. Hec. 1160, Diph.96, etc.;

πόσον δοκεῖς; Ar.Ec. 399

.

3 δοκῶ μοι I seem to myself, methinks, c. inf.,

ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο Hdt.2.93

, etc.;

ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος X.Cyr.8.7.25

, cf. Oec.6.11; οὔ μοι δοκῶ I think not.., Pl.Tht. 158e; δοκῶ μοι parenthetic, Id.Thg. 121d.

b δοκῶ μοι I am determined, resolved, c. inf. [tense] pres., Ar.V. 177, etc.: c. inf. [tense] fut., Aeschin.3.53, etc.: c. inf. [tense] aor., dub. in Ar.Av. 671, etc.: rarely without μοι, think fit,

σὺ δ' αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς A.Th. 650

.

4 seem, pretend, c. inf. (with or without neg.), ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν] dub. l. in Alcm.87;

οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν Hdt.1.10

;

οὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν Pherecr.163

;

τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν, τὰ δὲ δοκεῖν Arist.Pol. 1314a39

;

ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν E.Med.67

;

πόσους δοκεῖς.. ὁρῶντας.. μὴ δοκεῖν ὁρᾶν; Id.Hipp. 462

, cf. Ar.Eq. 1146, X.HG4.5.6.

5 [voice] Pass., to be considered,

δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω Pl.R. 612d

; τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος the current opinions, ib. 490a.

6 [voice] Med., Opp.C.4.296; δοκεύμενος.. ἀλύξειν ib. 109.

II of an Object, seem, c. dat. pers. et inf. [tense] pres.,

δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od.5.342

; δόκησε δ' ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ .. their heart seemed just as if.., felt as though.., 10.415: c. inf. [tense] fut., seem likely,

δοκέει δέ μοι ὧδε λώϊον ἔσσεσθαι Il.6.338

: c. inf. [tense] aor. (never in Hom.), τί δ' ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. ποιῆσαι); A.Ag. 935; seem or be thought to have done, esp. of suspected persons, Th.2.21; to be convicted,

ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι D.23.71

.

2 abs., seem, as opp. to reality,

τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται Simon.76

;

οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ' εἶναι θέλει A.Th. 592

, cf. Pl.Grg. 527b; in full,

τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι A.Ag. 788

(anap.).

3 seem good, be resolved on, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα ib. 944;

τοιαῦτ' ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει Id.Th. 1030

.

4 freq. impers., δοκεῖ μοι it seems to me, methinks,

ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα Il.12.215

; ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ as I think, A.Th. 369, etc.; τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν your opinion, Pl.R. 487d: freq. in inf. in parenth. clause, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν to my thinking, Hdt.9.113;

δοκέειν ἐμοί Id.1.172

;

ἀλλ', ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχ' εἴσει A.Pers. 246

, etc.; without μοι, X.An.4.5.1.

b it seems good to me, it is my pleasure,

δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι Th.4.118

, cf. A.Ag. 1350: freq. of a public resolution,

τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι.. ἀπαιτέειν Hdt.1.3

, etc.;

ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν A.Supp. 605

, cf. Th. 1010; esp. in decrees and the like , ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, Ar.Th. 372, Th.4.118, cf. IG1.32, etc.;

τὰ δόξαντα S.El.29

, D.3.14;

παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν Th.1.84

, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

δέδοκται Hdt.4.68

;

οὕτω δέδοκται; S.Ph. 1277

, etc.;

εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται Pi.N.5.19

;

δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο Pl.Lg. 799e

, etc.;

τοῦτ' ἐστ' ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον E.Heracl.1

;

δεδογμέν' [ἐστί].. τήνδε κατθανεῖν S.Ant. 576

, cf. OC 1431;

τὰ δεδογμένα Hdt.3.76

;

δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ IG22.1.12

, etc. c. acc. abs., δόξαν when it was decreed or resolved,

δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν Th.8.79

; δόξαν δέ σφι (sc. λιπέσθαι) Hdt.2.148;

δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα Pl.Prt. 314c

, cf. X.An.4.1.13; ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδ' .. ; E. Supp. 129; also

δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς Th.1.125

, etc.; but also

δόξαντος τούτου X.HG1.1.36

; δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα ib.3.2.19.

5 to be reputed, c. inf., Pi.O.13.56, P.6.40;

ἄξιοι ὑμῖν δοκοῦντες Th.1.76

; δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι men who are held to be something, men of repute, Pl. Grg. 472a;

τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι.. προσειληφότες D.21.213

;

τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδόκει τις εἶναι περιττός Plu.Arist.1

;

οἱ δοκοῦντες Heraclit.28

(dub.), E.Hec. 295; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opp. τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, Id.Tr. 613;

μετ' ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι Th.3.10

; to be an established, current opinion, Arist.APo. 76b24, al.;

τὰ δοκοῦντα Id.Metaph. 1088a16

, al.:— [voice] Pass., οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι those who have been found guilty of homicide, D.23.28; also

αἱ δοκούμεναι Πέρσαις τέχναι Polem.Call.60

. (The two senses of δοκέω are sts. contrasted, τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα.. τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ that which seems true is true to him who thinks it, Pl.Tht. 158e; τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι ib. 162c.)

διαθήκη, ης, ἡ (Democr., Aristoph.+; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol, TestAbr, Test12Patr; ParJer 6:21; ApcEsdr, ApcMos; AssMos Fgm. a; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 14) apart from the simplex θήκη ‘case, chest’, for the mng. of this word one must begin with the mid. form of the verb διατίθεμαι, which is freq. used in legal and commercial discourse of disposition of things (s. L-S-J-M s.v. διατιθημι B), w. implication of promissory obligation. Disposition of one’s personal effects would naturally come under testamentary law, hence

① last will and testament (so exclusively in Hellenistic times, Eger [s. 3 below] 99 note; exx. e.g. in Riggenbach 292ff; Behm 10, 1; 2; Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr; loanw. in rabb.) Hb 9:16f; δ. κεκυρωμένη a will that has been ratified Gal 3:15; cp. 17, where δ. shades into mng. 2 (s. κυρόω 1, προκυρόω); s. also EBammel, below, and JSwetnam, CBQ 27, ’65, 373–90. On Jewish perspective s. RKatzoff, An Interpretation of PYadin 19—A Jewish Gift after Death: ProcXXCongPap 562–65.

② As a transl. of בְּרִית in LXX δ. retains the component of legal disposition of personal goods while omitting that of the anticipated death of a testator. A Hellenistic reader would experience no confusion, for it was a foregone conclusion that gods were immortal. Hence a δ. decreed by God cannot require the death of the testator to make it operative. Nevertheless, another essential characteristic of a testament is retained, namely that it is the declaration of one person’s initiative, not the result of an agreement betw. two parties, like a compact or a contract. This is beyond doubt one of the main reasons why the LXX rendered בְּרִית by δ. In the ‘covenants’ of God, it was God alone who set the conditions; hence covenant (s. OED s.v. ‘covenant’ sb. 7) can be used to trans. δ. only when this is kept in mind. So δ. acquires a mng. in LXX which cannot be paralleled w. certainty in extra-Biblical sources, namely ‘decree’, ‘declaration of purpose’, ‘set of regulations’, etc. Our lit., which is very strongly influenced by LXX in this area, seems as a rule to have understood the word in these senses (JHughes, NovT 21, ’79, 27–96 [also Hb 9:16–20; Gal 3:15–17]). God has issued a declaration of his purpose Ro 11:27 (Is 59:21); 1 Cl 15:4 (Ps 77:37); 35:7 (Ps 49:16), which God bears in mind (cp. Ps 104:8f; 105:45 al.) Lk 1:72; it goes back to ancestral days Ac 3:25 (PsSol 9:10; ParJer 6:21). God also issued an ordinance (of circumcision) 7:8 (cp. Gen 17:10ff). Since God’s holy will was set forth on more than one occasion (Gen 6:18; 9:9ff; 15:18; 17:2ff; Ex 19:5 and oft.), one may speak of διαθῆκαι decrees, assurances (cp. διαθῆκαι πατέρων Wsd 18:22; 2 Macc 8:15.—But the pl. is also used for a single testament: Diog. L. 4, 44; 5, 16. In quoting or referring to Theophr. sometimes the sing. [Diog. L. 5, 52; 56] is used, sometimes the pl. [5, 51; 57]) Ro 9:4; Eph 2:12. Much emphasis is laid on the δ. καινή, mentioned as early as Jer 38:31, which God planned for future disposition (Hb 8:8–10; 10:16). God’s decree or covenant directed toward the Christians is a καινὴ δ. (δ. δευτέρα Orig., C. Cels. 2, 75) Lk 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; 2 Cor 3:6; Hb 8:8; 9:15a; PtK 2 p. 15, 5, or δ. νέα Hb 12:24; PtK 2 p. 15, 6 which, as a δ. αἰώνιος (cp. Jer 39:40; En 99:2) Hb 13:20, far excels 7:22; 8:6 the παλαιὰ δ. 2 Cor 3:14, or πρώτη δ. Hb 9:15b, with which it is contrasted. Both are mentioned (Did., Gen. 46, 4; 235, 26) Gal 4:24; B 4:6ff (Ex 34:28; 31:18; Just., D. 67, 9). Blood was shed when the old covenant was proclaimed at Sinai Hb 9:20 (Ex 24:8); the same is true of the new covenant Hb 10:29. τὸ αἷμά μου τ. διαθήκης Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24 (ELohse, Märtyrer u. Gottesknecht², ’63, 122–29) is prob. to be understood in connection w. this blood (s. WWrede, ZNW 1, 1900, 69–74; TRobinson, My Blood of the Covenant: KMarti Festschr. 1925, 232–37; for a critique of this view s. GWalther, Jesus, D. Passalamm des Neuen Bundes, ’50, 22–27 and JJeremias TLZ, ’51, 547. For Syriac background JEmerton, JTS 13, ’62, 111–17; s. also ÉDelebrecque, Études grecques sur l’vangile de Luc ’76, 109–21).—The v.l. Lk 22:29 may be derived from Jer 39:40 or Is 55:3 LXX (for the cognate acc. s. Aristoph., Aves 440).—δ. may also be transl. decree in the Ep. of Barnabas (4:6ff; 6:19; 9:6; 13:1, 6; 14:1ff δ. δοῦναί τινι); but the freq. occurrence of the idea of inheritance (6:19; 13:1, 6; 14:4f), makes it likely that the ‘decree’ is to be thought of as part of a will.

③ The mng. compact, contract seems firmly established for Gr-Rom. times (FNorton, A Lexicographical and Historical Study of Διαθήκη, Chicago 1908, 31ff; EBruck, D. Schenkung auf d. Todesfall im griech. u. röm. Recht I 1909, 115ff; JWackernagel, D. Kultur d. Gegenw. I 8² 1907, 309). It remains doubtful whether this mng. has influenced our lit. here and there (exc. quite prob. Lk 22:29 v.l. with its administrative tenor; the phrase διατίθεμαι δ. as Aristoph., Av. 440 of a treaty agreement), but the usage of the term δ. in such sense would again serve as a bridge to LXX usage.—The expr. ἡ κιβωτὸς τ. διαθήκης covenant chest i.e. the sacred box (Eng. ‘ark’ as loanw. from Lat. arca) that symbolized God’s pledge of presence w. Israel (Ex 31:7; 39:14 al.) Hb 9:4; Rv 11:19 or αἱ πλάκες τ. διαθ. (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9, 11) Hb 9:4 would have required some acquaintance with Israelite tradition on the part of ancient readers.—ERiggenbach, D. Begriff d. Διαθήκη im Hb: Theol. Stud. f. TZahn 1908, 289ff, Hb² 1922, 205ff al.; ACarr, Covenant or Testament?: Exp. 7th ser., 7, 1909, 347ff; JBehm, D. Begriff D. im NT 1912; ELohmeyer, Diatheke 1913; WFerguson, Legal Terms Common to the Macedonian Inscr. and the NT, 1913, 42–46 (testamentary exhibits); HKennedy, Exp. 8th ser., 10, 1915, 385ff; GVos, Hebrews, the Epistle of the Diatheke: PTR 13, 1915, 587–632; 14, 1916, 1–61; OEger, ZNW 18, 1918, 84–108; EBurton, ICC Gal 1921, 496–505; LdaFonseca, Διαθήκη foedus an testamentum?: Biblica 8, 1927; 9, 1928; EBammel, Gottes διαθήκη (Gal 3:15–17) u. d. jüd. Rechtsdenken, NTS 6, ’60, 313–19; NDow, A Select Bibliography on the Concept of Covenant, Austin Seminary Bulletin 78, 6, ’63; CRoetzel, Biblica 51, ’70, 377–90 (Ro 9:4); DMcCarthy, Berit and Covenant (Deut.), ’72, 65–85; EChristiansen, The Covenant in Judaism and Paul ’95.—DELG s.v. θήκη. M-M. TW. Sv.