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Strong's #1292 - διάστημα
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- an interval, distance, space of time
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διάστημα,
ατος, τό, (διαστῆναι)
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1. interval, freq. in Music, Archyt. 2, Pl. R. 531a, Aristox. Harm. p.4 M., al., Arist. Pr. 922b6, Damox. 2.57; of Time, δ. τετραετές Plb. 9.1.1: generally, ἐκ μεγάλων δ. κινεῖσθαι Democr. 191; δ. μεταξὺ κόσμων Epicur. Ephesians 2 p.37U.; distance, Phld. D. 3.8,9. Geom., radius, κέντρῳ τῷ Α, διαστήματι τῷ ΑΒ, γεγράφθω κύκλος Euc. 1.1, cf. Ph. Bel. 52.14; of a sphere, Autol. 6. aperture, ἀγγεῖον ἔχον δ. μέγα Arist. GA 787b4; ἐκ πολλοῦ δ. Id. Aud. 800a36; τὰ δ. τῆς χειρὸς τῶν δακτύλων the spaces between the fingers, Aen.Tact. 31.35.
2. Medic., diastasis, of bones, Hp. Off. 23 (pl.), cf. Gal. 18(2).887.
3. difference, τῶν ἡδονῶν μεγάλα τὰ δ. Nicom.Com. 1.22.
4. ratio, Archyt. 2, Arist. Ph. 202a18.
5. in Aristotle's symbolism, conjunction of two terms, APr. 42b10, APo. 82b7, al.
6. extension, dimension, χρόνος κινήσεως δ. Zeno Stoic. 1.26, cf. Chrysipp.ib.2.164, Dam. Pr. 389; of Space, Arist. Ph. 209a4, Plot. 6.4.2; ὧν πρότερον διάστημα ἐνειστήκει whose extension (i.e. surface) it (the εἴδωλον) formerly occupied, Epicur. Nat. 2.3.
II distinction of style, Longin. 40.2.
διάστημα, διαστήματος, τό ((διαστῆναι)), an interval, distance; space of time: ὡς ὡρῶν τριῶν διάστημα, Acts 5:7 ((ἐκ πολλοῦ διαστήματος, Aristotle, de audib., p. 800{b}, 5 etc.); τετραετες δδιαστημα Polybius 9, 1, 1; (σύμπας ὁ χρόνος ἡμερῶν καί νυκτῶν ἐστι διάστημα, Philo, alleg. leg. i. § 2 etc., see Siegfried under the word, p. 66)).
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διάστημα , -τος , τό
(< διίστημι ),
[in LXX for H7305, etc.;]
an interval, space: of time (Sir, prol. 24), Acts 5:7.†
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The word is found in the astronomical papyrus P Par 1.381 (ii/B.C.) ὁ τῶν ἐπιτολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν χρόνος ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς διαστήματι, cf..433, .491. See also P Oxy VI. 918v. 15 (a land survey—ii/A.D.) ἀνὰ μ (έσον) οὔσης διώρυχο (ς) καὶ ἱκανοῦ διαστήματ (ος), P Giss I. 40ii. 15 (edict of Caracalla) μετὰ ̣ τ [ὸ ] π [λ ]ηρ ̣ω ̣θῆναι τὸ τοῦ χρ ̣[ό ]νου διάστη ̣μα, P Ryl II. 207 (a ).27, .31 (ii/A.D.) μετὰ διάστεμα, of space : on the shortening of η to ε, irrespective of etymology (which would have produced α ̆) see Proleg. p. 46.
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