Greek proper noun (a place) · G2181
Ἔφεσος
Ephesosef'-es-os
Ephesus
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Éphesos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2181is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2181
Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor
The King James renders it: Ephesus.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Ephesos is rendered "Ephesus". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 18:19When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 18:19Ἔφεσον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's sixteen uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ephesus15
- in Ephesus1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Ἔφεσον7
- Ἐφέσῳ6
- Ἐφέσου2
- Ἔφεσον.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular8N-ASF-L
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular6N-DSF-L
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF-L
Acts
eight uses
When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
- Ἐφέσουephesounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
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.
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
- Ἐφέσουephesounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: in Ephesus
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
1 Corinthians
two uses
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.”
- Ἐφέσῳephesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
- Ἐφέσῳephesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
Ephesians
one use
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Ἐφέσῳephesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
1 Timothy
one use
As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
- Ἐφέσῳephesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
2 Timothy
two uses
May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
- Ἐφέσῳephesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.
- Ἔφεσον.¶ephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
Revelation
two uses
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Ἔφεσονephesonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
- Ἐφέσῳephesonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Ephesus
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.