Diadema means “crown” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1238 — baqaq (“fail”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1238 διάδημα (diadema) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diadema (dee-ad'-ay-mah) n. 1. a "diadem" (as bound about the head) {simpler and thinner than G4735} It has 19 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include heads and head. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
diadema (dee-ad'-ay-mah) n. 1. a "diadem" (as bound about the head) {simpler and thinner than G4735} [from a compound of G1223 and G1210] KJV: crown Root(s): G1223, G1210 Compare: G4735
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1238. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
diadem
Usage: διάδημα, -τος, τό (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.† SYN.: στέφανος, the badge of "victory, of valour, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness " (but see M, Th., i, 219; cf. DB, i, 530, 604). (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diadema, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1238 (διάδημα) appears 17 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
And the king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen’s crown.
it and rejoiced.
12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth.
And gave him the crown, and his robe, and his signet, to the end he should bring up his son Antiochus, and nourish him up for the kingdom.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1238.
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
And the king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen’s crown.
it and rejoiced.
And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth.
And gave him the crown, and his robe, and his signet, to the end he should bring up his son Antiochus, and nourish him up for the kingdom.
yet for all this none of them wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby:
Then Ptolemy entered into Antioch, where he set two crowns upon his head, the crown of Asia, and of Egypt.
After this returned Trypho, and with him the young child Antiochus, who reigned, and was crowned.
Now Trypho went about to get the kingdom of Asia, and to kill Antiochus the king, that he might set the crown upon his own head.
And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, And a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: For with his right hand shall he cover them, And with his arm shall he protect them.
For in the long garment was the whole world, And in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, And thy Majesty upon the diadem of his head.
Many kings have sat down upon the ground; And one that was never thought of hath worn the crown.
So the people honored him with ten thousands, And praised him in the blessings of the Lord In that he gave him a crown of glory.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1238, grouped by book.
Diadema (Strong's G1238) is a Greek word most simply glossed "crown". diadema (dee-ad'-ay-mah) n. 1. a "diadem" (as bound about the head) {simpler and thinner than G4735}
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G1238 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1238 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heads and head. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1238, with linked reader references where each row is available.