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Acts 19

Acts 19:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
when they heard
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
these sayings, they were
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
full
pleres (Greek #4134)
replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete
KJV usage: full.
Pronounce: play'-race
Origin: from 4130
of wrath
thumos (Greek #2372)
passion (as if breathing hard)
KJV usage: fierceness, indignation, wrath. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: thoo-mos'
Origin: from 2380
g, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
cried out
krazo (Greek #2896)
properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e. (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat)
KJV usage: cry (out).
Pronounce: krad'-zo
Origin: a primary verb
, saying
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, Great
megas (Greek #3173)
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
KJV usage: (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Pronounce: meg'-as
Origin: (including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη, plural μεγάλοι, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187)
is Diana
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Artemis (Greek #735)
prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities
KJV usage: Diana.
Pronounce: ar'-tem-is
Origin: probably from the same as 736
of the Ephesians
Ephesios (Greek #2180)
an Ephesian or inhabitant of Ephesus
KJV usage: Ephesian, of Ephesus.
Pronounce: ef-es'-ee-os
Origin: from 2181
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Jer. 50:38• 38a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols. (Jer. 50:38)

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Artemis,
Diana,
Ephesians

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Ministry on This Verse

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Acts 7:54• 54And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him. (Acts 7:54)
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Acts 16:19‑24• 19And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;
 20and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
 21and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.
 22And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.
 23And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
 24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks. (Acts 16:19‑24)
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Acts 21:28‑31• 28crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.
 29For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
 30And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
 31And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult; (Acts 21:28‑31)
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Psa. 2:2• 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:2)
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Rev. 12:12• 12Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time. (Rev. 12:12)
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Acts 19:34‑35• 34But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
 35And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the image which fell down from heaven? (Acts 19:34‑35)
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1 Sam. 5:3‑5• 3And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
 4And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him.
 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. (1 Sam. 5:3‑5)
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1 Kings 18:26‑29• 26And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there was no voice, and none answered. And they leaped about the altar that had been made.
 27And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.
 28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.
 29And it came to pass when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering up of the oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any that answered, nor any attention. (1 Kings 18:26‑29)
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Isa. 41:5‑7• 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
 6They helped every one his neighbour, and each said to his brother, Take courage.
 7And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved. (Isa. 41:5‑7)
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Jer. 50:38• 38a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols. (Jer. 50:38)
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Rev. 13:4• 4And they did homage to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? and who can make war with it? (Rev. 13:4)
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Rev. 17:13• 13These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast. (Rev. 17:13)
• A great part of the influence exercised was, not “Great is Diana!” but “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!” It was, in short, the power of the enemy among the Gentiles. (“Acts 19:8-41” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemisc of the Ephesians.

JND Translation Notes

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Latin, "Diana."

W. Kelly Translation

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And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.