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διοπετής

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
διοπετής, ές
Greek transliteration: 
diopetēs
Simplified transliteration: 
diopetes
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1356
GK Number: 
1479
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-4a
Gloss: 
(the image) fallen from heaven (given by the pagan god Zeus)
Definition: 
which fell from Jupiter, or heaven; τοῦ διοπετοῦς, sc. ἀγάλματος, image or statue; for discussion of ellipsis see grammars, Acts 19:35*

Greek-English Concordance for διοπετής

Acts 19:35 And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven (diopetous | διοπετοῦς | gen sg neut)?