BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G1238
diadēma — diadem
διάδημα, -τος, τό (διαδέω, to bind round), [in LXX for כֶּתֶר (as Est.1:11), etc. ;] the band round the τιάρα of a Persian king; a diadem, the badge of royalty: Rev.12:3 13:1 19:12.† SYN.: στέφανος, the badge of "victory, of valour, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness " (but see M, Th., i, 219; cf. DB, i, 530, 604). (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5145
ne.zer — consecration: Nazirite vow
1) consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteship 1a) crown (as sign of consecration), earring 1a1) stones of a crown, diadem, stones of charming 1b) woman's hair 1c) consecration 1c1) of high priest 1c2) of Nazarite
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6843
tse.phi.rah — diadem/doom
1) plait, chaplet, wreath, crown 1a) plait, coronet, diadem
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8383
nezer — a diadem
a diadem
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9168
stephanē — a rim
1. anything that encircles the head, for defence or ornament: 2. the brim of the helmet, projecting behind as well as before, (Iliad by Homer) 3. part of a woman's head-dress, a diadem, coronal , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;metaphorically, of a city, ἀπὸ στεφάναν κέκαρσαι πύργων thou hast been shorn of thy coronal of towers, (Euripides) 4. the brim or edge of anything, the brow of a hill, edge of a cliff , (Iliad by Homer); of a basket, (Moschus Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The tiara of a king (Ezek. 21:26; Isa. 28:5; 62:3); the turban (Job 29:14). In the New Testament a careful distinction is drawn between the diadem as a badge of royalty (Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 19:12) and the crown as a mark of distinction in private life. It is not known what the ancient Jewish “diadem” was. It was the mark of Oriental sovereigns. (See CROWN.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
