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G1356

διοπετής

diopetēs

Adjective · From the alternate of Ζεύς (G2203) and the alternate of πίπτω (G4098)

From the alternate of G2203 and the alternate of G4098; sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite):—which fell down from Jupiter.

Outline

  1. fallen from Zeus, i.e. from heaven
  2. an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven

Usages

Acts 19:35

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

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