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Ephesos

Ephesos {ef'-es-os}
Greek: personal noun location

Possible Definitions:
1) Ephesus meaning "permitted" was the capital of the Roman province of Asia, and an illustrious city in the district of Ionia, nearly opposite the island of Samos. Conspicuous at the head of the harbour of Ephesus was the great temple of Diana or Artemis, the tutelary divinity of the city. This building was raised on immense substructions, in the consequence of the swampy nature of the ground. The earlier temple, which had begun before the Persian war, was burnt down the night when Alexander the Great was born; and another structure, raised by the enthusiastic co-operation of all the inhabitants of
"Asia", had taken its place. The magnificence of this sanctuary was a proverb throughout the civilised world. In consequence of this devotion the city of Ephesus was called
"warden" of Diana. Ac. 19:35. Another consequence of the celebrity of Diana's worship at Ephesus was that a large manufactory grew up there of portable shrines, which strangers purchased, and devotees carried with them on journeys or set up in their houses. The theatre, into which the mob who seized Paul, Ac. 19:29, rushed, was capable of holding 25,000 or 30,000 persons, and was the largest ever built by the Greeks. The stadium or circus, 685 feet long by 200 wide, where the Ephesians held their shows, is probably referred to by Paul as the place where he "fought with beasts at Ephesus". 1 Cor. 15:32. The entire city is now utterly desolate, with the exception of the small Turkish village at Ayasaluk. The ruins are of vast extent.

Ephesos {ef'-es-os}

Greek: personal noun location

probably of foreign origin;

Translated as:

Ephesus (15 times)

Strong's Number 2181

TDNT - omitted,omitted