{"id":18840,"date":"2025-01-30T01:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T01:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18840"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:32:01","slug":"diana-name-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/diana-name-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Is in the Bible \u2014 the Goddess of Ephesus in Acts 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Diana is in the Bible, but not as the name of a woman. It is the name the King James Version gives to the goddess of Ephesus in Acts 19, where the Greek text has Artemis. The Reina-Valera, Almeida, Louis Segond and Nuova Riveduta Bibles also call her Diana (Diane in French). No woman in Scripture bears the name. What does Diana mean? Diana probably means &quot;divine&quot; or &quot;goddess-like,&quot; from the Latin dia or diva, &quot;goddess,&quot; and it shares an\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana is in the Bible as the goddess of Ephesus in Acts 19, the King James name for Artemis. No woman in Scripture is called Diana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18951,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-cynthia-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18840,"position":0},"title":"Is Cynthia in the Bible? No, It Was a Greek Title of Artemis","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11\u6708 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Cynthia is not in the Bible. 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