G3399 – Miletos – Μίλητος Miletus

Strong’s ID:
G3399
Greek Word:
Μίλητος
Transliteration:
Miletos
Pronunciation:
mil’-ay-tos
Part of Speech:
noun proper locative
Usage Count:
3
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Find “Miletos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of uncertain origin; Miletus, a city of Asia Minor:—Miletus.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Miletus = “pure white fine wool”
1) a maritime city, now nearly 10 miles (16 km), from the coast of Caria or Ionia, near the mouth of the Maeander and 35 miles (55 km) from Ephesus. It was the mother of about eighty colonies, the the birth place of Thales, Anaximander, and other famous men.

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.