Artemis <735>
Artemiv Artemis
| Pronunciation | : | ar'-tem-is |
| Origin | : | probably from the same as 736 |
| Reference | : | - |
| PrtSpch | : | n pr f (noun proper feminime) |
| In Greek | : | artemidov 3, artemiv 2 |
| In NET | : | Artemis 4, of Artemis 1 |
| In AV | : | Diana 5 |
| Count | : | 5 |
| Definition | : |
Diana = "complete light: flow restrained" 1) Artemis, that is to say the so called Tauric or Persian or Ephesian Artemis, the goddess of many Asiatic people, to be distinguished from the Artemis of the Greeks, the sister of Apollo. A very splendid temple was built to her at Ephesus, which was set on fire by Herostratus and reduced to ashes; but afterwards in the times of Alexander the Great, it was rebuilt in a style of greater magnificence. probably from the same as 736; prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities: KJV -- Diana. see GREEK for 736 |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
| Variations in Bible | : | Artemis (NET, NASB, NIV, NRSV) Diana (KJV, TEV) |
