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Hephestos

Hephestos is the alternative spelling of Hephaestus.

Meaning of Hephaestus

Proper noun

Hephaestus

  1. (Greek) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Questions about Hephestos

What is Hephestos the alternative spelling of?
Hephestos is the alternative spelling of Hephaestus.

Words near Hephestos in the dictionary

  1. Hephaestos
  2. Hephaestus
  3. Hephaisteion
  4. Hephaistos
  5. Hephaistus
  6. Hephestos
  7. Hephestus
  8. Hephthalite
  9. Hephthalites
  10. hephthemimer
  11. hephthemimeral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hephestos (page history and authors); Hephaestus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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