Quick Definition
διάστημα, ατος, τό n.n. an interval of time
Strong's Definition
from 1339; an interval
KJV Usage: space
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | ἵστημι
67.150 · Time · Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period
interval a unit of time between specified events In a number of languages it is not necessary to have a term such as ‘interval,’ for if one says ‘after about three hours,’ the meaning of ‘interval’ is implied.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διάστημα, -ros, τό, [(διαστῆνᾳι}, an interval, distance; space of time: ὡς ὡρῶν τριῶν διάστ. Acts v. 7, ([ἐκ πολλοῦ διαστήματος, Aristot. de audib. p. 800°, 5 ete.]; rerpaeres δ. Polyb. 9, 1, 1; [σύμπας ὁ χρόνος ἡμερῶν κ. νυκτῶν ἐστι διάστημα, Philo, alleg. leg. i. § 2 etc., see Siegfried 5. v. p. 66]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάστημα diastēma 1x
interval, space, distance, Acts 5:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διάστημα, -τος, τό
(< διίστημι), [in LXX for רֶוַח, etc.;]
an interval, space: of time (Si, prol.24), Ac 5:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διάστημα. The word is found in the astronomical papyrus P Par 181 (ii/B.C.) ὃ τῶν ἐπιτολῶν Kal δυσμῶν χρόνος ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ τῆς ἱμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς διαστήματι, cf. 455, “51. See also P Oxy VI. φιϑύ.15 (a land survey—ii/A.D.) ἀνὰ μί(έσον) | | | ( dace ζω οὔσης διώρυχο(ς) καὶ ἱκανοῦ διαστήματ(ος), P Giss I. gol) (edict of Caracalla) μετὰ τ[ὸ] π[λ]ηρῳθῆναι τὸ τοῦ χρ[ό]νου διάστημα, P Ryl II. 207 (a) 2%! (ii/a.p.) μετὰ διάστεμα, of space: on the shortening of ἢ to εν irrespective of etymology (which would have produced a) see Pro/eg. p. 46.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διάστημα (diastēma) — interval. διάστημα, ατος, τό, (διαστῆναι) interval, frequently in Music, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, δ. τετραετές [Refs 4th c.BC+]; distance, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __b Geometry texts, radius, κέντρῳ τῷ Α, διαστήματι τῷ ΑΒ, γεγράφθω κύκλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a sphere, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __c aperture, ἀγγεῖον ἔχον δ. μέγα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ δ. τῆς χειρὸς τῶν δακτύλων the spaces between the fingers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. in Medicine texts, diastasis, of bones, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. difference, τῶν ἡδονῶν μεγάλα τὰ δ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. ratio, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. in Aristotle's symbolism, conjunction of two terms, APr.[Refs]
6. extension, dimension, χρόνος κινήσεως δ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Space, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὧν πρότερον διάστημα ἐνειστήκει whose extension (i.e. surface) it (the εἴδωλον) formerly occupied, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. distinction of style, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]