Zeus (3 Occurrences)

...ZEUS. ... Olympus, the home of the gods, is the favorite epithet of Zeus, Zeus Olympius being to the Greek world what Jupiter Capitolinus was to the Roman. ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zeus.htm - 8k

Jupiter (3 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jupiter.htm - 10k

Lystra (6 Occurrences)

... population (the "multitude" of Acts 14:11) regarded him and Barnabas as pagan gods come down to them in likeness of men, and called Barnabas "Zeus" and Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lystra.htm - 14k

Pergamum (2 Occurrences)

... the town Pergamos. Of the structures which adorned the city, the most renowned was the altar of Zeus, which was 40 ft. in height ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pergamum.htm - 12k

Pergamos (1 Occurrence)

... the town Pergamos. Of the structures which adorned the city, the most renowned was the altar of Zeus, which was 40 ft. in height ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pergamos.htm - 12k

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

... These Greek myths, the story of Athena's birth full-armed from the brain of Zeus, of Circe's magic potion, of Poseidon's chariot on the waves, and of Apollo's ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ancient.htm - 98k

Crete (7 Occurrences)

... 1. Early History: Mt. Ida in Crete was famous in Greek legend as the birthplace of Zeus. The half-legendary, half-historical King ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crete.htm - 19k

Olympius

... OLYMPIUS. o-lim'-pi-us (Olumpios): An epithet of JUPITER or ZEUS (which see) from Mt. Olympus in Thessaly, where the gods held court presided over by Zeus. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/olympius.htm - 6k

Intending (24 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the ... biblethesaurus.org/i/intending.htm - 13k

Entrance (190 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/entrance.htm - 37k

Dionysus

... the cult of Dionysus passed down through the Balkan peninsula to Thebes; and in the localized form of the myth the deity was born here-son of Zeus and Semele. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dionysus.htm - 9k

Bullocks (50 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bullocks.htm - 23k

Bacchus

... the cult of Dionysus passed down through the Balkan peninsula to Thebes; and in the localized form of the myth the deity was born here-son of Zeus and Semele. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bacchus.htm - 12k

Sacrifices (186 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sacrifices.htm - 39k

Hellenism

... The conventionalized monarchy of Zeus ruling over his fellow-Olympians is known to be a fiction of the poets, having just as much-no more-foundation, in fact ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenism.htm - 26k

Hellenist

... The conventionalized monarchy of Zeus ruling over his fellow-Olympians is known to be a fiction of the poets, having just as much-no more-foundation, in fact ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenist.htm - 26k

Offer (403 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/offer.htm - 39k

Company (287 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/company.htm - 40k

Greece (15 Occurrences)

... These Greek myths, the story of Athena's birth full-armed from the brain of Zeus, of Circe's magic potion, of Poseidon's chariot on the waves, and of Apollo's ... biblethesaurus.org/g/greece.htm - 59k

Cosmological

... Cronus, one of these gods, begets Zeus. Zeus makes war on his father Cronus, overthrows him, and thus becomes king of the Olympian gods. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cosmological.htm - 33k

Graecia

... 5th and 4th centuries BC We should also not fail to mention three great centers of Greek religion: Olympia, in Elis, as the chief sanctuary of Zeus; Delphi, in ... biblethesaurus.org/g/graecia.htm - 21k

World (2829 Occurrences)

... Cronus, one of these gods, begets Zeus. Zeus makes war on his father Cronus, overthrows him, and thus becomes king of the Olympian gods. ... biblethesaurus.org/w/world.htm - 40k

Quieted (8 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quieted.htm - 8k

Quieting (4 Occurrences)

... why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quieting.htm - 7k

Zethar (1 Occurrence)

biblethesaurus.org/z/zethar.htm - 7k

Zia (1 Occurrence)

biblethesaurus.org/z/zia.htm - 7k

Zenas (1 Occurrence)

... ze'-nas (Zenas (Titus 3:13); the name in full would probably be Zenodorus, literally, meaning "the gift of Zeus"): 1. A Jewish Lawyer: Paul calls Zenas "the ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zenas.htm - 10k

Leader (183 Occurrences)

... scattered. (WEY). Acts 14:12 they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking. (YLT). Acts ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leader.htm - 35k

Length (135 Occurrences)

... there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus... biblethesaurus.org/l/length.htm - 37k

Goddess (6 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/g/goddess.htm - 9k

Guardian (5 Occurrences)

... there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus... biblethesaurus.org/g/guardian.htm - 8k

Recorder (10 Occurrences)

... there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus... biblethesaurus.org/r/recorder.htm - 12k

Epiphanes

... By his prohibition of the Jewish worship and his introduction or substitution of the worship of the Olympian Zeus (1 Maccabees 1:54; 2 Maccabees 6:2; Ant, XII ... biblethesaurus.org/e/epiphanes.htm - 8k

Dioscuri (1 Occurrence)

... and Rhegium. The Dioscuri (ie sons of Zeus), Castor and Pollux, are the two chief stars in the constellation of the Twins. Some ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dioscuri.htm - 7k

Devotee (1 Occurrence)

... why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus? (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/devotee.htm - 7k

Mercurius (1 Occurrence)

... The more commanding presence of Barnabas (compare 2 Corinthians 10:10) probably caused him to be identified with Zeus (the Roman Jupiter), while his gift of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mercurius.htm - 8k

Mankind (80 Occurrences)

... there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus... biblethesaurus.org/m/mankind.htm - 30k

Mercury (1 Occurrence)

... The more commanding presence of Barnabas (compare 2 Corinthians 10:10) probably caused him to be identified with Zeus (the Roman Jupiter), while his gift of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mercury.htm - 9k

Porches (13 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice ... biblethesaurus.org/p/porches.htm - 10k

Potentate (1 Occurrence)

... authority. Only in 1 Timothy 6:15, "the blessed and only Potentate" (= God). The same Greek word is used of Zeus in Sophocles (Ant. 608 ... biblethesaurus.org/p/potentate.htm - 7k

Poet

... of the Phaenomena by Aratus. A similar but not identical expression is found in the Hymn to Zeus by Cleanthes. Aratus in his poem ... biblethesaurus.org/p/poet.htm - 7k

Principal (28 Occurrences)

... him: (ASV RSV). Acts 14:12 They called Barnabas 'Zeus,' and Paul, as being the principal speaker, 'Hermes.' (WEY). Acts 16:12 thence ... biblethesaurus.org/p/principal.htm - 18k

Boanerges (1 Occurrence)

... 3:17). See JAMES. It has also been regarded as an equivalent of the "Heavenly Twins," the Sons of Zeus or Thunder. According to ... biblethesaurus.org/b/boanerges.htm - 7k

Baal (94 Occurrences)

... regarded him as the sole Lord of heaven, and called him Beel-samen, which means `Lord of Heaven' in the Phoenician language and is equivalent to Zeus in Greek ... biblethesaurus.org/b/baal.htm - 53k

Oak (22 Occurrences)

... See WR Smith, Rel. Semitic. (2), 195; compare Judges 4:5 2 Samuel 5:24 and "the oak of Zeus at Dodona." In Judges 9:6 we read of a "matstsebhah, oak tree": the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/oak.htm - 33k

Claudius (3 Occurrences)

... offended the Jews by ordering a statue of himself to be placed in the temple of Jerusalem, as Antiochus Epiphanes had done with the statue of Zeus in the days ... biblethesaurus.org/c/claudius.htm - 15k

Clerk (1 Occurrence)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/c/clerk.htm - 8k

Cherethites (11 Occurrences)

... Septuagint in both Ezekiel and Zephaniah renders the name "Cretans." The translators may have been "guided only by the sound." But Zeus Cretagenes in Gaza ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cherethites.htm - 11k

Cappadocia (2 Occurrences)

... its worship of the great goddess Ma, who was served, according to Strabo, by 6,000 priestesses, and only second to this was the worship paid to Zeus at Venasa. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cappadocia.htm - 10k

Augur's

... See WR Smith, Rel. Semitic. (2), 195; compare Judges 4:5 2 Samuel 5:24 and "the oak of Zeus at Dodona." In Judges 9:6 we read of a "matstsebhah, oak tree": the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/augur's.htm - 8k

Ar'temis (5 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ar'temis.htm - 7k

Ablution

... The Greeks were warned "never with unwashed hands to pour out the black wine at morn to Zeus" (Hesiod, Opera et Dies v0.722; compare Homer, Iliad vi0.266; Od. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ablution.htm - 18k

Sodomite (1 Occurrence)

... signification on the rare occasions when reference is made in the New Testament to corresponding ministers of other religions, as to the priest of Zeus (Acts 14 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sodomite.htm - 101k

Smyrna (2 Occurrences)

... In the 23 AD year a temple was built in honor of Tiberius and his mother Julia, and the Golden Street, connecting the temples of Zeus and Cybele, is said to ... biblethesaurus.org/s/smyrna.htm - 12k

Sacred (140 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sacred.htm - 36k

Salamis (1 Occurrence)

... elements. The former, however, gave its tone and color to the city, and the chief cult and temple were those of Salaminian Zeus. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salamis.htm - 11k

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

... Each division of the city contained a great building, the one being the king's palace, strongly fortified around, and the other the temple of Zeus Boles-an ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylon.htm - 93k

Hermes (2 Occurrences)

... Hermes (2 Occurrences). Acts 14:12 They called Barnabas 'Zeus,' and Paul, as being the principal speaker, 'Hermes.' (WEY YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hermes.htm - 8k

Keeper (72 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keeper.htm - 30k

Needs (85 Occurrences)

... there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus... biblethesaurus.org/n/needs.htm - 30k

Public (99 Occurrences)

... why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus? (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/public.htm - 37k

Quiet (167 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quiet.htm - 37k

Desolation (131 Occurrences)

... This evidently was the "abomination of desolation." The sacrifice, according to 2 Maccabees was brought to the Olympian Zeus, to whom the temple of Jerusalem ... biblethesaurus.org/d/desolation.htm - 46k

Artemis (5 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/a/artemis.htm - 14k

Father (11359 Occurrences)

... Pagan religions also could speak of God as "Father" (Zeus Pater), and in the general sense of Creator God has a universal fatherly relation to the world (Acts ... biblethesaurus.org/f/father.htm - 21k

Antiochus

... By his prohibition of the Jewish worship and his introduction or substitution of the worship of the Olympian Zeus (1 Maccabees 1:54; 2 Maccabees 6:2; Ant, XII ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antiochus.htm - 17k

Phoenicians

... He was identified with Zeus, and he appears on the coins under the Greek type of Zeus, seated on a throne, holding an eagle in the outstretched right hand and ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

... He was identified with Zeus, and he appears on the coins under the Greek type of Zeus, seated on a throne, holding an eagle in the outstretched right hand and ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Wish (141 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:13 And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wish.htm - 36k

Deluge (17 Occurrences)

... According to this, Prometheus warned his son Deucalion of the flood which Zeus had resolved to bring upon the earth by reason of its wickedness. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deluge.htm - 47k

Babel (3 Occurrences)

... Each division of the city contained a great building, the one being the king's palace, strongly fortified around, and the other the temple of Zeus Boles-an ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babel.htm - 63k

Tower (74 Occurrences)

... Thebes and Patam in Lycia, he goes on to speak of another cell below (that referred to in G. Smith's tablet) wherein was a great image of Zeus (Bel-Merodach ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tower.htm - 52k

Sky (278 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sky.htm - 38k

Semites

... as Yahweh's chariot (Psalm 104:3), we must not be led into believing that his religion was a savage animism, or that Yahweh of Israel was only the Zeus of the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Semitic

... as Yahweh's chariot (Psalm 104:3), we must not be led into believing that his religion was a savage animism, or that Yahweh of Israel was only the Zeus of the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Money (284 Occurrences)

... They bear on the obverse the head of Alexander as Hercules, and, on the reverse, Zeus seated on his throne holding an eagle in the extended right hand and a ... biblethesaurus.org/m/money.htm - 69k

Doesn't (300 Occurrences)

... what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? ... biblethesaurus.org/d/doesn't.htm - 34k

Calling (145 Occurrences)

... them, (YLT). Acts 14:12 they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking. (YLT NAS). Acts ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calling.htm - 38k

Priesthood (30 Occurrences)

... signification on the rare occasions when reference is made in the New Testament to corresponding ministers of other religions, as to the priest of Zeus (Acts 14 ... biblethesaurus.org/p/priesthood.htm - 40k