Ephesian
Americanadjective
noun
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Ephesians
plural
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Ephesian
1350–1400; Middle English Effesian < Latin Ephesi ( us ) (< Greek Ephésios ) + -an
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Almost as well known is Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders at Miletus, when they knelt weeping on the shore after he had told them, "You . . . will see my face no more."
From Time Magazine Archive
A more conservative collection, Mary, Mother of God, edited by Braaten and Jenson, features several evangelical scholars striving to rehabilitate that Ephesian title.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Henry Dickens, 79, only living son of Novelist Charles Dickens, flayed in London one Carl E. Bechofer-Roberts who had written a novel, Ephesian, defaming his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
The name of bread among the Ionians was cnestus, as Artemidorus the Ephesian states in his Memorials of Ionia.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 7½ inches; width, 2 feet 2½ inches.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
Telling the Ephesians about our relationship to God, St. Paul writes: “For we are his workmanship.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fivefold Ministry: This refers to the offices of the church— apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers — as outlined in Ephesians 4:11-13.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
Rogers led the Huskies inside the 5-yard line, but a miscommunication with Boston on a fade to the left corner led to an interception by Ephesians Prysock.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
Linebacker Jacob Manu is Arizona’s leading tackler, Ephesians Prysock and Tacario Davis have anchored the secondary, and Ta’ita’i Uiagalelei has been a key to the Wildcats’ much-improved pass rush.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Eventually you get to Paul writing letters to the Ephesians and it loses the plot, but the Old Testament and the Gospels?
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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