ἜφεσοςÉphesos
Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor
Greek (New Testament) · G2181
Meanings
Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor Acts 18:19, Acts 18:21, Acts 18:24, Acts 18:27, Acts 19:1, Acts 19:17, Acts 19:26 Acts 20:16, Acts 20:17, 1 Corinthians 15:32, 1 Corinthians 16:8, Ephesians 1:1, 1 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:18, 2 Timothy 4:12, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 2:1.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Acts 18:19 They stopped first at the port of Ephesus, where Paul left the others behind. While he was there, he went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews.
- Acts 18:21 As he left, however, he said, “I will come back later, God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
- Acts 18:24 Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos, an eloquent speaker who knew the Scriptures well, had arrived in Ephesus from Alexandria in Egypt.
- Acts 19:1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.
- Acts 19:17 The story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus, to Jews and Greeks alike. A solemn fear descended on the city, and the name of the Lord Jesus was greatly honored.
- Acts 19:26 But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren’t really gods at all. And he’s done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.