Ephesos · Ephesus

What it means

Ephesos (Ἔφεσος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Ephesus”.

A great city of the province of Asia, on the west coast of present-day Turkey.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Ephesus

  Today: Ephesus ruins, near Selçuk, Turkey

  A great port city on the west coast of present-day Turkey.

  Paul lived there about three years, teaching (Acts 19:1, 10; 20:31). The letter to the Ephesians and the first message in Revelation are addressed to its assembly (Eph 1:1; Rev 2:1).

  Acts 19:1Acts 18:19Ephesians 1:1Revelation 2:1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×8
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• Revelation×2

• Acts 18:19

  And they arrived at Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

• Acts 18:21

  but taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again, if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

• Acts 18:24

  Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures.

• Acts 19:1

  And it happened while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, having passed through the inland regions, came to Ephesus and found some disciples.

• Acts 19:17

  And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

• Acts 19:26

  And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, saying that those made by hands are not gods.

• Acts 20:16

  For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

• Acts 20:17

  And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the assembly.

• 1 Corinthians 15:32

  If from a human point of view I fought wild beasts in Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

• 1 Corinthians 16:8

  But I will stay on in Ephesus until Pentecost,

• Ephesians 1:1

  Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in the Messiah Jesus:

• 1 Timothy 1:3

  As I urged you, when I was going to Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrines

• 2 Timothy 1:18

  May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And how much he served in Ephesus you know very well.

• 2 Timothy 4:12

  And Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.

• Revelation 1:11

  saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

• Revelation 2:1

  To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks in the middle of the seven golden lampstands, says: