G4010 – Pergamos, Pergamon – Πέργαμος, Πέργαμον Pergamos

Strong’s ID:
G4010
Greek Word:
Πέργαμος, Πέργαμον
Transliteration:
Pergamos, Pergamon
Pronunciation:
per’-gam-os
Part of Speech:
noun proper locative
Usage Count:
2
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Find “Pergamos, Pergamon” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from G4444; fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor:—Pergamos.

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

Pergamos = “height or elevation”
1) a city of Mysia Minor, in Asia Minor, the seat of the dynasties of Attalus and Eumenes, famous for its temple of Aesculapius and the invention and manufacture of parchment. The river Selinus flowed through it and the Cetius ran past it. It was the birthplace of the physician Galen, and had a great royal library. It had a Christian church.

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