Lexical Summary diastolē: a separation, a difference Original Word: διαστολήTransliteration: diastolē Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tol-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a separation, a difference Meaning: a separation, a difference Strong's Concordance difference, distinction. From diastellomai; a variation -- difference, distinction. see GREEK diastellomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1293: διαστολήδιαστολή, διαστολῆς, ἡ (διαστέλλω, cf. ἀνατολή), a distinction, difference: Romans 3:22; Romans 10:12; of the difference of the sounds made by musical instruments, 1 Corinthians 14:7. ((Aristotle, Theophrastus), Polybius, Plutarch, others.) |