Testament to translate the Hebrew word berîyth or the Hebrew concept of covenant. This word, diathēkē, is the source of some of the confusion between “old covenant” and “Old Testament,” and “new covenant” and “New Testament.” The reason is that diathēkē can be translated not only as “covenant,” but also as “testament.” However, at the time of the Septuagint, a testament in the Greek culture had a couple of things that made it significantly different from the Old Testament concept of covenant. First, in