Word Summary
diastēma: an interval
Original Word: διάστημαTransliteration: diastēma
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as'-tay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: an interval
Meaning: an interval
Strong's Concordance
space.
From diistemi; an interval -- space.
see GREEK diistemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1292: διάστημαδιάστημα,
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)).