Ἔφεσος, -ov, ἡ. “phesus, a maritime city of Asia Minor, capital of Ionia and, under the Romans, of proconsular Asia [see ’Agia], situated on the Icarian Sea between Smyrna and Miletus. Its chief splendor and renown came from the temple of Artemis, which was reckoned one of the wonders of the world. It was burned down B. C. 356 by Herostratus, rebuilt at the common expense of Greece under the supervision of Deinocrates (Pausan. 7, 2,6sq.; Liv. 1,45; Plin. h.n.5, 29 (31); 36, 14 (21)), and in the middle of the third century after Christ utterly destroyed by the Goths. At Ephesus the apostle Paul founded a very flourishing church, to which great praise is awarded in Rey. ii. 1 sqq- The name of the city occurs in Acts xviii. 19, 21, 24; xix. 1,17, 26; xx. 16 sq.; 1 Co. xv. 32; xvi. 8; Eph. i. 1 (where ἐν ᾿Εφέσῳ is omitted by cod. Sin. and other ancient author., [bracketed by T WH Trmrg.; see WH. App. ad loc.; B. D. Am. ed.s. v. Ephesians, The Ep. to the]); 1 Tim. i. 3; 2 Tim. i. 18; iv. 12; Rev. i. 11, and (acc. toG LT Tr WH) ii. 1. Cf. Zimmermann, Ephesus im 1. christl. Jahrh., Jena 1874; [ Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus (1877)].

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Ephesus, a celebrated city of Asia Minor, Acts 18:19, 21, 24; 1 Cor. 15:32*

Ἔφεσος, -ου, ἡ Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor Ac 18:19, 21, 24, 27 19:1, 17, 26 (on the gen., v. M, Pr., 73) Ac 20:16, 17, I Co 15:32 16:8, Eph 1:1, I Ti 1:3, II Ti 1:18 4:12, Re 1:11 2:1.†

Ἔφεσος (ephesos) — Ephesus. Ἔφεσος, -ου, ἡ Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor Act.18:19, 21 18:24, 27 19:1, 17 19:26 (on the genitive, see M, Pr., 73) Act.20:16-17, 1Co.15:32 16:8, Eph.1:1, 1Ti.1:3, 2Ti.1:18 4:12, Rev.1:11 2:1.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)