Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
diopetēs
Simplified transliteration
diopetes
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)? |