(gloomy), the first, in order,of the sons of Midian, (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33) afterwards
mentioned by (Isaiah 60:6)
Epaphras
(lovely), a fellow laborer with the apostle Paul, mentioned (Colossians 1:7) as having taught
the Colossian church the grace of God in truth, and designated a faithful minister of Christ on their
behalf. He was at that time with St. Paul at Rome. (A.D. 57.) For Paul’s estimate of him see
(Colossians 1:7,8; 4:12)
Epaphroditus
(lovely), the full name of which Epaphras is a contraction. (Philemon 2:25; 4:18)
Epenetus
(praiseworthy), a Christian at Rome, greeted by St. Paul in (Romans 16:5) and designated as
his beloved and the first-fruit of Asia unto Christ.
(praiseworthy), a Christian at Rome, greeted by St. Paul in (Romans 16:5) and designated as
his beloved and the first-fruit of Asia unto Christ.
Ephah
[Weights And Measures AND Measures]
•Concubine of Caleb, in the line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:46)
•Son of Jahdai; also in the line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:47)
Ephai
(gloomy), a Netophathite, whose sons were among the “captains of the forces” left in Judah
after the deportation to Babylon. (Jeremiah 40:8; 41:3) comp. Jere 40:13 (B.C. 588.)
Epher
- A son of Ezra, among the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:17)
•One of the heads of the families of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)
(a calf), the second, in order, of the sons of Midian. (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33) (B.C.
1820).
Ephesdammim
(cessation of blood-shed), a place between Socoh and Arekah, at which the Philistines were
encamped before the affray in which Goliath was killed. (1 Samuel 17:1) Under the shorter form
of PAS-DAMMIM it occurs once again in a similar connection. (1 Chronicles 11:13)
Ephesians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome, (Acts 28:16) apparently
immediately after he had written the Epistle to the Colossians [Colossians, The Epistle To The,
EPISTLE TO], and during that period (perhaps the early part of A.D. 62) when his imprisonment
had not assumed the severer character which seems to have marked its close. This epistle was
addressed to the Christian church at Ephesus. [Ephesus] Its contents may be divided into two
portions, the first mainly doctrinal, ch. 1-3, the second hortatory and practical.
Ephesus
(permitted), the capital of the Roman province of Asia, and an illustrious city in the district of
Ionia, nearly opposite the island of Samos. Buildings.—Conspicuous at the head of the harbor of
Ephesus was the great temple of Diana or Artemis, the tutelary divinity of the city. This building
was raised on immense substructions, in consequence of the swampy nature of the ground. The
earlier temple, which had been begun before the Persian war, was burnt down in the night when
Alexander the Great was born; and another structure, raise by the enthusiastic co-operation of all