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)

a diadem