διΐστημιdiḯstēmi
to stand apart, i.e. (reflexively) to remove, intervene
Greek (New Testament) · G1339
Meanings
to set apart, separate; of time (or space), to make an interval, intervene: διαστάσης ὥρας μιᾶς, Luke 22:59; βραχὺ διαστήσαντες, Acts 27:28. In passive, middle and 2 aorist, perfect and plpf. act., to part, withdraw: Luke 24:51.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Luke 22:59 About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”
- Luke 24:51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.
- Acts 27:28 They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.