Quick Definition
the Persian or Ephesian Artemis
Biblical Persons & Places
Artemis
A female deity in the New Testament
A female deity in the New Testament, first mentioned at Act.19.24;
only referred to as Artemis (Ἄρτεμις)
Strong's Definition
prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities
Derivation: probably from the same as G736 (ἀρτέμων);
KJV Usage: Diana
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἄρτεμις, Ἀρτέμιδος and Ἀρτεμιος, ἡ, Artemis, that is to say, the so-called Tauric or Persian or Ephesian Artemis, the goddess of many Asiatic peoples, to be distinguished from the Artemis of the Greeks, the sister of Apollo; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc., p. 39; (B. D. under the word ). A very splendid temple was built to her at Ephesus, which was set on fire by Herostratus and reduced to ashes; but afterward, in the time of Alexander the Great, it was rebuilt in a style of still greater magnificence: Acts 19:24 , 27 f, 34 f. Gr. Stark in Schenkel i., p. 604f, under the word Diana; (Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus, Lond. 1877).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ἄρτεμις Artemis 5x
Artemis or Diana, Act_19:24 ; Act_19:27-28 ; Act_19:34-35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ἄρτεμις , -ιδος , ἡ ,
Artemis , an Asiatic goddess, to be disting. from the Gk . goddess of the same name: Act_19:24 ; Act_19:27-28 ,
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Ἄρτεμις [Etym: Deriv. uncertain.] "Artemis", the Roman "Diana", goddess of the chase, daughter of Zeus and Latona, sister of Apollo: in Hom. , women who die suddenly are said to be slain by her ἀγανὰ βέλεα: cf. Ἀπόλλων.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ἄρτεμις, -ιδος, ἡ
Artemis, an Asiatic goddess, to be disting. from the Gk. goddess of the same name: Act.19:24, 27-28
(AS)