Strong's #735: Artemis (pronounced ar'-tem-is)

probably from the same as 736; prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities:--Diana.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Artemis

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.

Part of Speech: noun proper feminine

Relation: probably from the same as G736

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

Acts 19:24: "which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain"
Acts 19:27: "that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,"
Acts 19:28: "cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians."
Acts 19:34: "all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great"
Acts 19:35: "a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?"