G1356
G1356 — διοπετής
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
diopetes (dee-op-et-ace') adj.
1. sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite)
[from the alternate of G2203 and the alternate of G4098]
KJV: which fell down from Jupiter
Root(s): G2203, G4098
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
which fell down from Jupiter
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διοπετής, διοπετες (from Διός of Zeus, and πέτω for πίπτω; in secular writings also Διιπετής), fallen from Zeus, i. e. from heaven: τό διοπετες, namely, ἄγαλμα (which is expressed in Euripides, Iph. T. 977; Herodian, 1, 11, 2 (1, Bekker edition; cf. Winer’s Grammar, 234 (219); 592 (551)), an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven, Act 19:35; (cf. Meyer at the passage; Farrar, St. Paul, 2:13f).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διοπετής (which fell down from Jupiter)
Acts 19:35
- KJV: And when the townclerk had appeased the people he said men of Ephesus what man is there that knoweth not the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana and of the which fell down from Jupiter
- GK: καταστείλας δε ο γραμματεύς τον όχλον φησίν άνδρες Εφέσιοι τις γαρ εστιν άνθρωπος ος ου γινώσκει την Εφεσίων πόλιν νεωκόρον ούσαν της μεγάλης θεάς Αρτέμιδος και του Διοπετούς