Goddess
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
is found in Acts 19:27 (in some mss. in vv. 35,37).
King James Dictionary [2]
GOD'DESS, n. A female deity a heathen deity of the female sex.
When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty.
1. In the language of love, a woman of superior charms or excellence.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
god´es ( אלהים , 'ĕlōhı̄m , θεά , theá ): There is no separate word for "goddess" in the Old Testament. In the only instance in which the word occurs in English Versions of the Bible ( 1 Kings 11:5 , 1 Kings 11:33 ), the gender is determined by the noun - "Ashtoreth, the god (goddess) of the Sidonians." In the New Testament the term is applied to Diana of Ephesus ( Acts 19:27 , Acts 19:35 , Acts 19:37 ).
