diastolas

Strong’sG1293

distinction, difference, separation

stem diastol-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

δια-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< διαστέλλω), [in LXX for פְּדוּת: Ex 8:23(19), etc.;]

1. a separation.

2. a distinction, difference: Ro 3:22 10:12, I Co 14:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1293 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-as-tol-ay'

a variation

Fromfrom G1291;

King Jamesdifference, distinction.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

διαστολ-ή, ἡ,
(διαστέλλω) drawing asunder, dilatation, of the lungs, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the heart, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the pulse, Refs; δ. χειλέων parting of the lips, i.e. utterance, LXX
b separation, Refs 4th c.BC+; notch or nick, Refs 1st c.AD+; boundary, fence, Refs; fencing off, τῆς γῆς Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 distinction, NT+4th c.BC+; μετὰ διαστολῆς προενεχθέντα with discrimination, Refs 2nd c.BC+; detailed statement or explanation, Refs 2nd c.BC+; specification of items in an account, Refs 1st c.BC+; article in a contract, etc., Refs
3 command, injunction, order, LXX+2nd c.BC+
4 payment, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II Grammars, comma (as in ὅ, τι), Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.b distinction, γενῶν Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.c opposition, πρός τι Refs
II.2 in Music, distinctness, of notes, NT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

distinction3×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	diastolas2×διαστολή	diastolais
object accusative	diastolan1×διαστολὴν	diastolain
direct address vocative	diastolar	diastolair
of, belonging to genitive	diastolau	diastolaiu
to, for dative	diastola	diastolai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

diastolstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diastola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

diastolas“distinction”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 3:22… pantoin toin pisteuarōntoin, ouk gar atō diastolas.… all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 10:12“distinction”ouk gar atō diastolas Ioudaiou tē kai Hellēnou, tos gar …For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord …

diastolan“distinction”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Corinthians 14:7“distinction”… dōarōnteim, eite aulos eite kitharas, ean diastolan toi fthongoi mē dōateia, pōs gnōskiti …… as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?