This is the name of the place Ephesus: Major city in Asia Minor; important center for early Christianity.
Definition
Ἔφεσος, -ου, ἡ
Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor Acts 18:19, 21; 18:24, 27; 19:1, 17; 19:26 (on the genitive, see M, Pr., 73) Acts 20:16-17, 1 Corinthians 15:32; 16:8, Ephesians 1:1, 1 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:18; 4:12, Revelation 1:11; 2:1.
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- Acts 18:19Ἔφεσον · EphesusWhen they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
- Acts 18:21Ἐφέσου · EphesusBut as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
- Acts 18:24Ἔφεσον · EphesusMeanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
- Acts 19:1Ἔφεσον · EphesusWhile Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Acts 19:17Ἔφεσον · in EphesusThis 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 19:26Ἐφέσου · in EphesusAnd you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
- Acts 20:16Ἔφεσον · EphesusPaul 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.
- Acts 20:17Ἔφεσον · EphesusFrom Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32Ἐφέσῳ · EphesusIf 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 16:8Ἐφέσῳ · EphesusBut I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
- Ephesians 1:1Ἐφέσῳ · EphesusPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- 1 Timothy 1:3Ἐφέσῳ · EphesusAs I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
- 2 Timothy 1:18Ἐφέσῳ · EphesusMay the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
- 2 Timothy 4:12Ἔφεσον · EphesusTychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.
- Revelation 1:11Ἔφεσον · Ephesus…saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Revelation 2:1Ἐφέσῳ · 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.