Quick Definition
διοπετής, ές Adj fallen from the sky
Strong's Definition
sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite)
Derivation: from the alternate of G2203 (Ζεύς) and the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω);
KJV Usage: which fell down from Jupiter
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | Διός [Ζεύς] + πίπτω
2.48 · Natural Substances · Precious and Semiprecious Stones and Substances
stone from heaven, stone fallen from the sky a stone which has fallen from heaven or the sky (originally employed in referring to images of the gods) The object referred to by τοῦ διοπετοῦς in ACT 19:35 was probably a stone meteorite regarded as a sacred supernatural object.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διοπετής, -és, (fr. Διός of Zeus, and πέτω for πίπτω ; in prof. writ. also διϊπετής), fallen from Zeus, i. e. from heaven: τὸ διοπετές, sc. ἄγαλμα (which is expressed in Eur. Iph. T. 977; Hdian. 1, 11, 2 [1 ed. Bekk.; ef. W. 234 (219); 592 (551)]), an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven, Acts xix. 35; [ef. Meyer ad loc.; Farrar, St. Paul, ii. 13 sq.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διοπετής diopetēs 1x
which fell from Jupiter, or heaven; τοῦ διοπετοῦς, i.e. ἀγάλματος, image or statue; for discussion of ellipsis see grammars, Acts 19:35*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* διοπετής (written also διϊπ-), -ές
(< δῖος, πίπτω, v. Page on Ac, l.c.; DB, i, 605, n., ext., 112a; Field, Notes, 130 f.),
fallen from heaven (R, mg.): τὸ δ. (sc. ἄγαλμα, statue, image), Ac 19:35.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διοπετής. The marginal rendering of the word in the RV “fallen from heaven” rather than ‘‘ from Jupiter ” is supported by Field (Motes, p. 130), who cites Dion. Hal. dé. 11. 71 ἐν δὲ ταῖς πέλταις ds οἱ Σάλιοι φοροῦσι, πολλαῖς πάνυ οὔσαις, μίαν εἶναι λεγουσι διοπετῆ (afterwards explained by θεόπεμπτον). Of course the two amount to the same thing, since Zeus is the primeval sky-god: see A. B. Cook’s great monograph, Zezs.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διοπετής (diopetēs) — fallen from heaven. that fell from Zeus , [Refs 5th c.BC] (Middle Liddel)