Jump to: Hitchcock's • Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary JupiterSmith's Bible Dictionary Jupiter(a father that helps), the Greek Zeus. The Olympian Zeus was the national god of the Hellenic race, as well as the supreme ruler of the heathen world, and as such formed the true opposite to Jehovah. Jupiter or Zeus is mentioned in two passages of the New Testament, on the occasion of St. Paul's visit to Lystra, (Acts 14:12,13) where the expression "Jupiter, which was before their city," means that his temple was outside the city. Also in (Acts 19:35) ATS Bible Dictionary JupiterThe supreme god of the heathen Greeks and Romans. He was called the son of Saturn and Ops, and was said to have been born in Crete. The character attributed to him in pagan mythology was a compound of all that is wicked, obscene, and beastly in the catalogue of human crime. Still he was ever described as of noble and dignified appearance and bearing. Barnabas was supposed by the people of Lystra to represent him, Acts 14:12,13; 19:35. Easton's Bible Dictionary The principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was identified with this god by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this god outside the gates of Lystra (14:13). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.2. (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia JUPITERjoo'-pi-ter, ju'-pi-ter (Zeus): "Jupiter" is mentioned in 2 Maccabees 6:2; Acts 14:12, 13, with "Zeus" in the Revised Version margin in all cases. In addition the Greek stem appears in diopetous, in Acts 19:35, English Versions of the Bible "which fell down from Jupiter"; but the word means "from the clear sky" (compare "from heaven" in the Revised Version margin). "Jupiter" was considered the Latin equivalent of the Greek "Zeus," the highest god in the developed Greek pantheon, and Zeus in turn, in accord with the syncretism of the period, was identified with countless deities in the local cults of Asia Minor and elsewhere. So in Acts 14:12, 13, "Zeus" and "Hermes" are local deities that had been renamed. On the other hand, the Zeus of 2 Maccabees 6:2 is the genuine Greek deity, who had been adopted as a special patron by Antiochus Epiphanes and to whose temple in Athens Antiochus had contributed largely. The title "Olympius" (2 Maccabees 6:2) is derived from the early worship on Mt. Olympus, but had come to be thought one of the god's highest appellations; Xenios, "protector of strangers," was a title in a cult particularly popular with travelers. JUPITER AND MERCURY See ASTROLOGY, sec. III, 1; MERCURY; JUPITER. Greek 2203. Zeus -- Zeus, the greatest of the pagan Gk. gods ... Spelling: (dzyooce) Short Definition: Zeus Definition: Zeus, the Greek god of the sky in all its manifestations, corresponding to the Roman Jupiter and to the ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2203.htm - 6k 1356. diopetes -- fallen from heaven 1359. Dioskouroi -- the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and ... Library Jupiter. Concerning the Power of Jupiter, and a Comparison of Jupiter with ... Doings of Jupiter. Jupiter is Troubled Enough, Being Overwhelmed with Fear, and ... The Actions of Jupiter are Related from the Historian Euhemerus. Of the Same Jupiter's Thunderbolt. Concerning the Surnames of Jupiter, which are Referred not to Many ... Should Wish, Therefore, to See Jupiter, the Father of the Gods... Wickedness of Jupiter. If Jupiter Sought to have his Games Celebrated... Thesaurus Jupiter (3 Occurrences)... Barnabas was identified with this god by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed Jupiter to be. ... /j/jupiter.htm - 10k Mercury (1 Occurrence) Zeus (3 Occurrences) Mercurius (1 Occurrence) Olympius Bacchus Diana (5 Occurrences) Jurisdiction (4 Occurrences) Great (10383 Occurrences) Barnabas (33 Occurrences) Resources Is the idea of seven heavens / the seventh heaven biblical? | GotQuestions.orgAre there such things as aliens or UFOs? | GotQuestions.org Who was Diotrephes in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org Jupiter: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Jupiter (3 Occurrences)Acts 14:12 Acts 14:13 Acts 19:35 Subtopics Jupiter: Equivalent to Zeus, a Greek and Roman Deity Related Terms |
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