Diadochos means “room” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1240 — beqar (“inquire”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1240 διάδοχος (diadochos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diadochos (dee-ad'-okh-os) n. 1. a successor in office [from G1237] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include room. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
diadochos (dee-ad'-okh-os) n. 1. a successor in office [from G1237] KJV: room Root(s): G1237
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successor
Usage: διά-δοχος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ (διαδέχομαι), [in LXX: 1Ch.18:17 (לְיַד), 2Ch.26:11 (שַׂר) 28:7 (מִשְׁנֶה), Sir.46:1 48:8, 2Ma.4:29 14:26 * ;] a successor: Act.24:27 (for usage in LXX and π. in sense of court official, see Deiss., BS, 115).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diadochos, 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 G1240 (διάδοχος) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David were the chief deputies of the king.
And Uzziah had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderly in number; and their number was made by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king’s deputy.
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the chief of his house, and Elkanah the king’s deputy.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his stead in the priesthood: and Sostratus left Crates, who was governor of the Cyprians.
But Alcimus, perceiving the love that was between them, and considering the covenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor was not well affected toward the state: for that he had ordained Judas, a traitor to his realm, to be the king’s successor.
Joshua the son of Nave was valiant in the wars, And was the successor of Moses in prophecies, Who according to his name was made great For the saving of the elect of God, And taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, That he might set Israel in their inheritance.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1240.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David were the chief deputies of the king.
And Uzziah had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderly in number; and their number was made by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king’s deputy.
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the chief of his house, and Elkanah the king’s deputy.
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his stead in the priesthood: and Sostratus left Crates, who was governor of the Cyprians.
But Alcimus, perceiving the love that was between them, and considering the covenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor was not well affected toward the state: for that he had ordained Judas, a traitor to his realm, to be the king’s successor.
Joshua the son of Nave was valiant in the wars, And was the successor of Moses in prophecies, Who according to his name was made great For the saving of the elect of God, And taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, That he might set Israel in their inheritance.
Who anointedst kings to take revenge, And prophets to succeed after him:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1240, grouped by book.
Diadochos (Strong's G1240) is a Greek word most simply glossed "room". diadochos (dee-ad'-okh-os) n. 1. a successor in office [from G1237]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G1240 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1240 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 room. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1240, with linked reader references where each row is available.