Word Summary
diastolē: a separation, a difference
Original Word: διαστολήTransliteration: diastolē
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a separation, a difference
Meaning: a separation, a difference
Strong's Concordance
difference, distinction.
From diastellomai; a variation -- difference, distinction.
see GREEK diastellomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1293: διαστολήδιαστολή,
διαστολῆς,
ἡ (
διαστέλλω, cf.
ἀνατολή),
a distinction, difference:
Romans 3:22;
Romans 10:12; of the difference of the sounds made by musical instruments,
1 Corinthians 14:7. ((
Aristotle,
Theophrastus),
Polybius,
Plutarch, others.)