Word Study · Strong's G2180 · Greek
Ἐφέσιος
Ephesios
ef-es'-ee-os
Strong's 1890 spelling: Ephésios
“an Ephesian or inhabitant of Ephesus”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Ephesian or inhabitant of Ephesus
Rendered in the KJV as
Ephesian, of Ephesus.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- Ἐφεσίων.2
- Ἐφέσιοι,1
- Ἐφέσιον1
- Ἐφεσίων1
How it is rendered · 4
- of [the] Ephesians.2
- Ephesian1
- Ephesians,1
- of [the] Ephesians1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- A-GPM-LG · 3
- A-ASM-LG · 1
- A-VPM-LG · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Acts5 occurrences
- Acts 19:28Ἐφεσίων.ephesiōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralWhen the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”here: of [the] Ephesians.
- Acts 19:34Ἐφεσίων.ephesiōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralBut when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”here: of [the] Ephesians.
- Acts 19:35Ἐφέσιοι,ephesioiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluralFinally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?here: Ephesians,
- Acts 19:35Ἐφεσίωνephesiōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralFinally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?here: of [the] Ephesians
- Acts 21:29Ἐφέσιονephesionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singularFor they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.here: Ephesian