Lexical Summary diadēma: a diadem, a crown Original Word: διάδημαTransliteration: diadēma Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ad'-ay-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a diadem, a crown Meaning: a diadem, a crown Strong's Concordance crown. From a compound of dia and deo; a "diadem" (as bound about the head) -- crown. Compare stephanos. see GREEK dia see GREEK deo see GREEK stephanos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1238: διάδημαδιάδημα, 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.) |
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