- Original: Ἔφεσος - Transliteration: Ephesos - Phonetic: ef'-es-os - Definition: Ephesus = permitted 1. a maritime city of Asia Minor, capital of Ionia and under the Romans, of proconsular Asia, situated on the Icarian Sea between Smyrna and Miletus - Origin: probably of foreign origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Probably of foreign origin; Ephesus a city of Asia Minor: - Ephesus. Total KJV Occurrences: 14 • Ephesus, 14 Act 18:19; Act 18:21; Act 18:24; Act 19:1; Act 19:17; Act 19:26; Act 20:16; Act 20:17; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:8; Eph 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 4:12