Quick Definition
an interval of time
Strong's Definition
an interval
Derivation: from G1339 (διΐστημι);
KJV Usage: space
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διάστημα, διαστήματος, τό ((διαστῆναι)), an interval, distance; space of time: ὡς ὡρῶν τριῶν διάστημα, Act_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)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάστημα diastēma 1x
interval, space, distance, Act_5:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διάστημα , -τος , τό
( < διίστημι ),
[in LXX for H7305 , etc.;]
an interval, space: of time (Sir, prol . 24 ), Act_5:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διάστημα [page 154]
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. 918 v. 15 (a land survey ii/A.D.) ἀνὰ μ (έσον ) οὔσης διώρυχο (ς ) καὶ ἱκανοῦ διαστήματ (ος ), P Giss I. 40 ii. 15 (edict of Caracalla) μετὰ̣ τ [ὸ ] π [λ ]ηρ̣ω̣θῆναι τὸ τοῦ χρ̣[ό ]νου διάστη̣μα , 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 ᾰ ) see Proleg. p. 46.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διάστημα διάστημα, ατος, τό, (n diasth ma_matos neut ) [Etym: διαστῆναι] "an interval", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
διάστημα, -τος, τό
(διίστημι), [in LXX for רֶוַח, etc. ;]
an interval, space: of time (Sir, prol. 24), Act.5:7.†
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