What does διαστολή (diastolḗ) mean in the Bible?
διαστολή (diastolḗ): A distinction or differentiation; crucially, a marked separation that clarifies difference between things.
Greek · G1293
διαστολή
A variation
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διαστολή G1293
Pronunciation diastolḗ
What does διαστολή (diastolḗ) mean in the Bible?
διαστολή (diastolḗ): A distinction or differentiation; crucially, a marked separation that clarifies difference between things.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1293?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include are distinct (1), difference (1), distinction (1).
Where does διαστολή (diastolḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 3:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (2), 1 Corinthians (1).
Are there verse guides for διαστολή (diastolḗ)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 are distinct 1× 1 Corinthians 14:7
difference 1× Romans 10:12
distinction 1× Romans 3:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 3:22
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Romans 2 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
διαστολή 1x diastolē Romans 3:22
διαστολὴ 1x diastolē Romans 10:12
διαστολὴν 1x diastolēn 1 Corinthians 14:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Romans 3:22, Romans 10:12
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 14:7
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A distinction or differentiation; crucially, a marked separation that clarifies difference between things.
Source Gloss
a variation
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.
diastolh
distinction, difference, separation
Read verse Romans 10:12 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
διαστολὴ diastolh
distinction, difference, separation
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:7 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διαστολὴν diastolhn
distinction, difference, separation
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 Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 14:7 1×
Word Origins
διαστολή is built from this root:
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