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Is the name of a city permitted? If so, I can't find a reliable source stating an english definition for Ephesus, what language the name comes from etc. I have two definitions, "permitted" and "desireable" not no further explanation. Several sources say of foreigh origin (foreign to Greek).
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SCHUMACHER, Die Namen der Bibel (not a very reliable book) says:
a) permitted b) City of lust c) border, end; but he states no sources
My Greek dictionary has: "ephesis" (endeavour) from the verb "ephiemi", which can also mean "to desire" or "to permit"
The closest I can get to "lust" is "ephedomai" (to be glad).
But my "Lexikon der Alten Welt" (Carl Andresen, Hartmut Erbse and others, Düsseldorf 1965/2001) says: of pre-Greek origin (thus unknown)
a) permitted b) City of lust c) border, end; but he states no sources
My Greek dictionary has: "ephesis" (endeavour) from the verb "ephiemi", which can also mean "to desire" or "to permit"
The closest I can get to "lust" is "ephedomai" (to be glad).
But my "Lexikon der Alten Welt" (Carl Andresen, Hartmut Erbse and others, Düsseldorf 1965/2001) says: of pre-Greek origin (thus unknown)
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