G735
Ἄρτεμις
artemis
Appears in 5 Bible verses
Strong's Definition
prompt Artemis, the name of a Greciangoddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities — Diana.
Detailed Meaning
Diana = " complete light flow restrained" , Artemis, that is to say the so called Tauric or Persian or Ephesian Artemis, the goddess of many Asiatic people, to be distinguished from the Artemis of the Greeks, the sister of Apollo. A very splendid temple was built to her at Ephesus, which was set on fire by Herostratus and reduced to ashes but afterwards in the times of Alexander the Great, it was rebuilt in a style of greater magnificence.
Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
KJV Translation Counts
Diana(5x)
Related Words
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