Ἐφεσῖνος
Ephesinos
Ephesus
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe word Ephesinos is a Greek adjective form that translates to "from Ephesus," likely an ethnic or geographic identifier. In the context of the Bible, it appears 16 times, primarily to denote origin or association with the city of Ephesus. Given its occurrence, Ephesinos is often paired with other nouns, demonstrating its function as an attributive adjective. This usage suggests its role in identifying individuals or communities connected to Ephesus. Furthermore, its repetition across the text highlights the city's importance, potentially in economic, cultural, or administrative contexts. The significance of Ephesinos lies in its connection to one of the major cities in the New Testament region. Its consistent use underscores the influence and relevance of Ephesus within the narrative context, potentially shaping the lives and experiences of individuals and communities associated with it.
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Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 18:21but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
Acts 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
Acts 19:17This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Acts 19:26You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
Acts 20:17From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.
1 Corinthians 15:32If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
1 Corinthians 16:8But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
Ephesians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
2 Timothy 1:18(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
2 Timothy 4:12But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:
Revelation 1:11saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”