Ἔφεσος ephesos

Greek word for “Ephesus” · Strong’s G2181 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

Ἔφεσος, -ου, ἡ; Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor 18:24, 27 19:1, 17 19:26 (on the genitive, see M, Pr., 73), 16:8, 4:12, 2:1.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ephesos in context, with how often each is used:

• ephesus 16

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 18 (3), Acts 19 (3), Acts 20 (2), 1 Corinthians 15 (1), 1 Corinthians 16 (1), Ephesians 1 (1), 1 Timothy 1 (1), 2 Timothy 1 (1), 2 Timothy 4 (1), Revelation 1 (1)

Forms

• Ἔφεσον 8
• Ἐφέσῳ 6
• Ἐφέσου 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ephesos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 4
• πεντηκοστή pentēkostē “Pentecost” 2
• Ἀπολλῶς Apollōs “Apollos” 2
• καταντάω katantaō “to come to” 2
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 3
• Ἀσία Asia “Asia” 2
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 3
• δυνατός dunatos “able” 2
• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 2
• πέμπω pempō “to send” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2

Key verses

The verses using ephesos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 18:19 — And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 18:21 — But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from…
• Acts 18:24 — And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
• Acts 19:17 — And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• Acts 19:26 — Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be…
• Acts 20:16 — For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day…
• 1 Corinthians 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
• Ephesians 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
• 1 Timothy 1:3 — As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• 2 Timothy 1:18 — The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
• Revelation 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto…
• Revelation 2:1 — Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.