How do you use Ephesus in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like city or metropolis, plus the exact meaning.
Ephesus in a sentence
Ephesus meaning
An ancient Greek city in Anatolia, near Selçuk in modern İzmir Province, Turkey.
Synonyms of Ephesus
Using Ephesus
- The main meaning on this page is: An ancient Greek city in Anatolia, near Selçuk in modern İzmir Province, Turkey.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center, council of ephesus.
- In the example corpus, ephesus often appears in combinations such as: of ephesus, in ephesus, at ephesus.
Context around Ephesus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ephesus
- In this selection, "ephesus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, depart, founded, brighton, invites and egeon stand out and add context to how "ephesus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 650 bc ephesus was attacked and a d ephesus was a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ephesus" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adil, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ephesus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Found in Ephesus of modern day Turkey. (7 words)
A messianic community existed at Ephesus before Paul's first labours there (cf. (13 words)
Attributes * Bow and arrow The site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. (13 words)
That’s because this piece is actually Diana of Ephesus, Roman goddess of wild animals, hunting and fertility — as symbolised by the multitude of breasts on her upper half and the different animals on her legs. (36 words)
Hoping the lost “Antipholus” is still alive and searching for the other Antipholus of Syracuse in Ephesus, Egeon is soon found to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and sentenced to death. (35 words)
Some years back, a group of intercessors went to Ephesus to confront the pagan "queen of heaven," failing in their mission because Ephesus is now controlled by the Islamic spirit, not the pagan spirit. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some years back, a group of intercessors went to Ephesus to confront the pagan "queen of heaven," failing in their mission because Ephesus is now controlled by the Islamic spirit, not the pagan spirit.
About 650 BC, Ephesus was attacked by the Cimmerians, who razed the city, including the great Temple of Artemis.
Another time, Paul mentions in his Second Letter to Timothy, “Greet Prisca and Aquila” since they had returned to Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:19).
Ephesus Brighton, a Mediterranean, Turkish, and Middle Eastern restaurant on Preston Street, secures the fourth place on the list.
Found in Ephesus of modern day Turkey.
On select Mediterranean itineraries, “Evening at Ephesus” invites passengers to a private cocktail party at the Turkish archaeological wonder.
Were it not for nearly a century of archeological reconstruction, there would be little physical evidence that Ephesus had ever existed.
Hoping the lost “Antipholus” is still alive and searching for the other Antipholus of Syracuse in Ephesus, Egeon is soon found to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and sentenced to death.
Ten years previously Paul had enjoyed phenomenal success in Ephesus and further afield in Asia.
Interestingly enough, that is what St. Paul invited the people of Ephesus to do as well: “Live as children of light” (Eph 5:8).
That’s because this piece is actually Diana of Ephesus, Roman goddess of wild animals, hunting and fertility — as symbolised by the multitude of breasts on her upper half and the different animals on her legs.
We see Paul praying when he was in jail at Philippi and as he was about to depart Ephesus.
In the first century A.D., Ephesus was a major commercial center in the Roman Empire, being an important port on the Mediterranean Sea.
According to Eastern traditions, she retired to Ephesus with the Theotokos (Mary, the Mother of God ) and there she died.
According to the legend, he founded Ephesus on the place where the oracle of Delphi became reality ("A fish and a boar will show you the way").
According to Thucydides, who wrote within living memory of the events, the ship eventually landed safely at Ephesus, where Themistocles disembarked.
A legend, which was first mentioned by Epiphanius of Salamis in the 4th century AD, purported that Mary may have spent the last years of her life in Ephesus.
A messianic community existed at Ephesus before Paul's first labours there (cf.
A Second Council of Ephesus was held in 449, but its controversial acts were never approved by the Catholics.
Attributes * Bow and arrow The site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
Common combinations with ephesus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of ephesus 32×
- in ephesus 15×
- at ephesus 14×
- ephesus in 8×
- to ephesus 7×
- ephesus to 5×
- ephesus was 4×
- ephesus had 4×
- ephesus and 4×
- ephesus of 3×