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GreekG2181Noun

Ἔφεσος

ephesos

16Occurrences
G2181Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor

probably of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor (on the genitive, see M, Pr., 73) .

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-F-L

Full Description

N:N-F-L

Occurrences

Ἔφεσος appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
8
1 Corinthians
2
2 Timothy
2
Revelation
2
1 Timothy
1
Ephesians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:32BSB

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised,“Let us eat and drink,for tomorrow we die.”

2 Timothy 1:18BSB

May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.

Acts 18:21BSB

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

Acts 19:17BSB

This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

Acts 20:17BSB

From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.