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Definitions: EPHESIAN |
EPHESIANAdjective1. Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor. Noun1. A jolly companion; a roisterer. 2. A native of Ephesus. |
Date "EPHESIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Spell | Noun: spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: EPHESIAN |
| Specialty definitions using "EPHESIAN": Herostratos. (references) |
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| "EPHESIAN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EPHESIAN" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "EPHESIAN": ephesian letters. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
6 ch ephesian | 3 |
ephesian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EPHESIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | efesier. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ephesii, ephesiorum, ephesium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hsan gar proewrakoteV trofimon ton efesion en th polei sun autw on enomizon oti eiV to ieron eishgagen o pauloV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Viderant enim Trophimum Ephesium in civitate cum ipso quem aestimaverunt quoniam in templum induxisset Paulus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For thei seyen Trofimus of Effesi in the citee with hym, whom thei gessiden that Poul hadde brouyt in to the temple. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For they sawe one Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the cyte. Him they supposed Paul had brought into the teple. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | (For they had seen before with him in the city, Trophimus, an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 29 |
| Albanian | Sepse ata kishin parë më përpara Trofimin nga Efesi bashkë me Palin në qytet, dhe mendonin se ai e kishte sjellë në tempull. |
| Cebuano | Kay sa wala pa kini, ila man ugod nga nakita si Trofimo nga taga-Efeso uban kaniya sa siyudad, ug nanagdahum sila nga gipasulod siya ni Pablo sa templo. |
| Croatian | Jer prije su s njime u Gradu vidjeli Trofima Efežanina i mislili da je Pavao njega uveo u Hram. |
| Danish | de havde nemlig i Forvejen set Efesieren Trofimus i Staden sammen med ham, og ham mente de, at Paulus havde ført ind i Helligdommen. |
| Dutch | Want zij hadden te voren Trofimus, den Efezier, met hem in de stad gezien, welken zij meenden, dat Paulus in den tempel gebracht had. |
| Finnish | Sillä he olivat ennen nähneet efesolaisen Trofimuksen kaupungilla hänen kanssaan ja luulivat, että Paavali oli tuonut hänet pyhäkköön. |
| French | Car ils avaient vu auparavant Trophime d`Éphèse avec lui dans la ville, et ils croyaient que Paul l`avait fait entrer dans le temple. |
| Hungarian | Mert látták vala annakelõtte az efézusi Trofimust õ vele a városban, kirõl azt vélék, hogy Pál bevitte a templomba. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena mereka itu dahulunya nampak Teropimus orang Epesus itu beserta dengan dia di dalam negeri, yang pada sangka mereka itu sudah dibawa oleh Paulus ke dalam Bait Allah. |
| Maori | I kite hoki ratou i mua he hoa nona i roto i te pa, ko Toropimu o Epeha; tohu noa ratou, kua mauria mai ia e Paora ki roto ki te temepara. |
| Norwegian | For de hadde før sett Trofimus fra Efesus ute i byen i følge med ham, og nu tenkte de at Paulus hadde ført ham inn i templet. |
| Rumanian | Kn adevqr, vqzuserq mai knainte pe Trofim Efeseanul, kmpreunq cu el kn cetate, wi credeau cq Pavel kl bqgase kn Templu. |
| Shuar | Jes, nuik Ipisiunmaya Trúpimiu Páprujai péprunam wekaan Wáinkiaruyi. Wáinkiaru ásar, Yusa Uunt Jeen wayayi, tu Enentáimsar tiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Sababu ya kusema hivyo ni kwamba walikuwa wamemwona Trofimo mwenyeji, wa Efeso, akiwa pamoja na Paulo mjini, wakadhani kwamba Paulo alikuwa amemwingiza Hekaluni. |
| Uma | Pai' hewa toe pololita-ra, apa' mpohilo-ra hadua to Efesus mo'ema' hante Paulus hi ngata we'i. Hanga' to Efesus toei, Trofimus, bela-i to Yahudi. Jadi', ra'ulia' -rana, Paulus mpokeni Trofimus toei mesua' hi rala Tomi Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-n-p-s" | |
-1 letter: inphase, peahens. | |
-2 letters: peahen, peasen, shapen, spahee, sphene. | |
-3 letters: anise, aphis, apish, ashen, aspen, ephas, hanse, heaps, napes, neaps, neeps, nipas, pains, paise, panes, peans, pease, peens, peins, peise, penes, penis, phase, pians, pinas, pines, seine, sepia, shape, sheen, sheep, shine, sneap, snipe, spahi, spean, spine. | |
-4 letters: ains, anes, anis, apes, apse, ease, epha. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-n-p-s" | |
+2 letters: antiherpes, enthalpies, epiphanies, interphase, phenacites, phenakites, phenazines, shankpiece. | |
+3 letters: anophelines, apishnesses, cephalexins, chimpanzees, enkephalins, generalship, halfpennies, happinesses, hemipterans, hypermnesia, hypersaline, interphases, parenthesis, pentarchies, phenacaines, phenacetins, pinfeathers, planisphere, preachiness, prehearings, shankpieces, shapeliness, theophanies, traineeship. | |
+4 letters: amphetamines, amphisbaenae, apprehension, apprehensive, arsphenamine, cheeseparing, encephalitis, generalships, hebephrenias, housepainter, hyperkinesia, hypermnesias, impeachments, misapprehend, neuropathies, parenthesize, patchinesses, pathogenesis, philanderers, planispheres, renographies, spearheading, superheating, traineeships, venographies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 50 48 45 53 49 41 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. .... . ... .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01010000 01001000 01000101 01010011 01001001 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E P H E S I A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0050 0048 0045 0053 0049 0041 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3950423953433548 |
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