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Strong's #1238 - διάδημα

Transliteration

diádēma

Phonetics

dee-ad'-ay-mah

Origin

from a compound of (G1223) and (G1210)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a diadem
1. a blue band marked with white which Persian kings used to bind on the turban or tiara
2. the kingly ornament for the head, the crown

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3804 ‑ כֶּתֶר (keh'‑ther); 6797 ‑ צָנִיפָה (tsaw‑neef', tsaw‑nofe', tsaw‑nee‑faw'); 8509 ‑ תַּכְרִיךְ (tak‑reek');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Revelation 3

NAS (3)

Revelation 3

HCS (3)

Revelation 3

BSB (3)

Revelation 3

ESV (3)

Revelation 3

WEB (3)

Revelation 3

KJV (3)

crowns 3

NAS (3)

diadems 3

HCS (3)

crowns 1

diadems 2

BSB (3)

royal crowns 3

ESV (3)

diadems 3

WEB (3)

crowns 3

RAH

N-ASN 3

N-NSN 1

ANT

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

BEZ

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

BGB

N-ANP 2

N-NNP 1

BMT

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

BYZ

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

ELZ

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

NA26

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

SBL

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

SCV

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

STV

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

TIS

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

N-APN 2

N-NPN 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

διάδημα, ατος, τό,

(διαδέω)

I band or fillet: esp. band round the τιάρα worn by the Persian king, X. Cyr. 8.3.13, Plu. 2.488d; by Alexander, Arr. An. 7.22.2; by his successors, OGI 248.17(Pergam., Antiochus IV), Hdn. 1.3.3; by kings generally, Plu. 2.753d, D.S. 20.54; δ. τῆς Ἀσίας LXX 1 Maccabees 13:32.

II Ὀσίριδος δ., = ἅλιμος, Ps. Dsc. 1.91.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

διάδημα, διαδήματος, τό (διαδέω, to bind round), a diadem, i. e. the blue band marked with white with which Persian kings used to bind on the turban or tiara; the kingly ornament for the head: Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 19:12. (Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 13; Esther 1:11; Esther 2:17 for כֶּתֶר; 1 Macc. 1:9.) [SYNONYMS: διάδημα στέφανος: στέφανος, like the Latincorona, is a crown in the sense of a chaplet, wreath, or garland — the badge of victory in the games, of civic worth, of military valor, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness ; διάδημα is a crown as the badge of royalty, βασιλείας γνώρισμα (Lucian, Pisc. 35). Cf. Trench, § xxiii.; Lightfoot on Philippians 4:1; Dict. of Christ. Antiq. under the word Coronation, p. 464f; B. D. American edition under the word ; but cf. στέφανος, a.]

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

διάδημα , -τος , τό

(< διαδέω , to bind round),

[in LXX for H3804 (as Ezra 1:11), etc.;]

the band round the τιάρα of a Persian king; a diadem, the badge of royalty: Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 19:12.†

SYN.: στέφανος G4735, the badge of " victory, of valour, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness " (but v. M, Th., i, 219; cf. DB, i, 530, 604).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

διάδημα διαδηματα διαδήματα diademata diadēmata diadḗmata