King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1356
Transliteration: diopetēs
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-op-et'-ace)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: fallen from heaven
Meaning: fallen from heaven
διοπετής, διοπετες (from Διός of Zeus, and πέτω for πίπτω; in secular writings also Διιπετής), fallen from Zeus, i. e. from heaven: τό διοπετες, namely, ἄγαλμα (which is expressed in Euripides, Iph. T. 977; Herodian, 1, 11, 2 (1, Bekker edition; cf. Winer's Grammar, 234 (219); 592 (551)), an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven, Acts 19:35; (cf. Meyer at the passage; Farrar, St. Paul, 2:13f).
Word Summary
diopetēs: fallen from heaven
Original Word: διοπετήςTransliteration: diopetēs
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-op-et'-ace)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: fallen from heaven
Meaning: fallen from heaven
Strong's Concordance
which fell down from Jupiter. From the alternate of Zeus and the alternate of pipto; sky-fallen (i.e. An aerolite) -- which fell down from Jupiter.
see GREEK Zeus
see GREEK pipto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1356: διοπετήςδιοπετής, διοπετες (from Διός of Zeus, and πέτω for πίπτω; in secular writings also Διιπετής), fallen from Zeus, i. e. from heaven: τό διοπετες, namely, ἄγαλμα (which is expressed in Euripides, Iph. T. 977; Herodian, 1, 11, 2 (1, Bekker edition; cf. Winer's Grammar, 234 (219); 592 (551)), an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven, Acts 19:35; (cf. Meyer at the passage; Farrar, St. Paul, 2:13f).