STRONGS G1238:
διάδημα,
-τος,
τό, (
διαδέω, to bind round),
a diadem, i. e. the blue band marked with white with which Persian kings used to bind on the turban or tiara; the kingly ornament for the head:
Revelation 12:3;
Revelation 13:1;
Revelation 19:12. (Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 13;
Esther 1:11;
Esther 2:17 for
כֶּתֶר; 1 Macc. 1:9.)
[Synonyms: διάδημα, στέφανος: στ. like the Latin corona is a crown in the sense of a chaplet, wreath, or garland—the badge of "victory in the games, of civic worth, of military valor, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness"; διάδημα is a crown as the badge of royalty, βαοιλείας γνώρισμα (Lucian, Pisc. 35). Cf. Trench § 23; Bp. Lightfoot on Phil. 4:1; Dictionary of Christian Antiquities under the word Coronation p. 464f; B. D. American edition under the word Diadem; but cf. στέφανος, a.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Esther
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1:11; 2:17
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Philippians
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4:1
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Revelation
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12:3; 13:1; 19:12