What does διάδημα (diádēma) mean in the Bible?
διάδημα (diádēma) is a Greek word meaning "a "diadem" (as bound about the head)".
Greek · G1238
διάδημα
A "diadem" (as bound about the head)
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διάδημα G1238
Pronunciation diádēma
What does διάδημα (diádēma) mean in the Bible?
διάδημα (diádēma) is a Greek word meaning "a "diadem" (as bound about the head)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1238?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include royal crowns (3).
Where does διάδημα (diádēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 12:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It royal crowns 3× Revelation 12:3, Revelation 13:1, Revelation 19:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 12:3
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Revelation 3
Source forms
διαδήματα 3x diadēmata Revelation 12:3, Revelation 13:1, Revelation 19:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Revelation 12:3, Revelation 13:1
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 19:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a "diadem" (as bound about the head)
Strong's G1238
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a "diadem" (as bound about the head)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(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.
Synonymsστέφανος, the badge of "victory, of valour, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness " (but see M, Th., i, 219; cf. DB, i, 530, 604).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 12:3 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
διαδήματα diadhmata
a head-wreath, crown
Read verse Revelation 13:1 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
διαδήματα, diadhmata
a head-wreath, crown
Read verse Revelation 19:12 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
διαδήματα diadhmata
a head-wreath, crown
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 19:12 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 12:3 · Rev 13:1 2×
Word Origins
διάδημα is built from these roots:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain