Quick Definition
στέμμα, ατος, τό n.n. a garland
Strong's Definition
a wreath for show
Derivation: from the base of G4735 (στέφανος);
KJV Usage: garland
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | στεφανόω
6.193 · Artifacts · Adornments
garland, wreath a wreath of wool to which leaves and flowers might be added and either wound around a staff or woven into a garland to be worn on the head Garlands were an important part of the ritual involved in the worship of pagan gods in the ancient world. Such a garland may be described as ‘a circle of leaves’ or ‘a ring of flowers’ or ‘a wreath of flowers.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στέμμα, -τος, τό, (στέφω, pf. pass. ἔστεμμαι, to crown, to bind round), a fillet, a garland, put upon victims: Acts xiv. 13 [cf. W. 630 (585); B. Ὁ. Am. ed. 5. v. Garlands]. (From Hom. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στέμμα stemma 1x
a crown, wreath, Acts 14:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* στέμμα, -τος, τό
(< στέφω, to put around, enwreath)
a wreath, garland: as used in sacrifices, Ac 14:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στέμμα occurs in the NT only in Ac 14)’, where it refers to the sacrificial garlands with which the victims were adorned (cf. Field (ofes, p. 122). In P Ryl Il. 7731 (Α΄ Ὅς 192) it is used in connexion with ‘‘guilds,” ot διέποντες τὴν τ]ῶν orepμάτων [διοίκησι]ν εἶπον, ‘‘ the administrators of the guilds said’’ (see the editors’ note), and in P Fay 871° (a.p. 155)a sum is paid τῴ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων προκεχι(ρισμένῳ), ‘to the official in charge of the s/emmata” (see the editors’ note). The sepulchral Aa@zlel 858? shows στέμμασιν adavatots. See further Headlam’s elaborate note ad Herodas WAUUL 36% For the verb orépw we may cite P Ryl II. 77%* (a.p. 192) στεφέσθω ᾿Αχιλλεὺς κοσμητείαν, ‘‘let Achilles be crowned as cosmetes.’’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στέμμα (stemma) — wreath. στέμμα, ατος, τό, (στέφω) mostly in plural (singular in [Refs 8th c.BC+], wreath, garland, chaplet, especially of the priest's laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ.. χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο[Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from shrine with chaplcts decked, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πάλας, as a prize, [Refs]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the crowns of office of magistrates (compare στεπτικός, στέφανος), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. [Refs 5th c.BC+] were wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. in plural, στέμματα pedigrees, family trees, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Latin stemmata quid faciunt? [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. guild, [Refs]. guild of huntsmen, [Refs]