Ephesian
Ephesios identifies people, a city, or an individual as belonging to Ephesus.
The attested use marks connection with Ephesus: it is applied to Artemis and the city in the crowd scene, used in direct address to the men of Ephesus, and attached to Trophimus as an individual identifier.
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Identification by connection with Ephesus · dominant
In Acts 19:28 and Acts 19:34, the genitive plural form occurs in the acclamation concerning Artemis; the APB renders the clause “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.” In Acts 19:35, the vocative plural addresses “Men of Ephesus” and the genitive plural identifies the city in relation to its inhabitants; in Acts 21:29, the accusative singular identifies Trophimus, whom the APB calls “Trophimus the Ephesian.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through “of the Ephesians,” “Men of Ephesus,” and “the Ephesian.” These renderings confirm the verses’ Ephesus connection without fixing a separate English equivalent for every form.