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Pergamum
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Pergamum
Pergamum
A location first mentioned at Rev.1.11;
only referred to as Pergamum (Πέργαμος).
Strong's Definition
fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor
Derivation: from G4444 (πύργος);
KJV Usage: Pergamos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Πέργαμος (perhaps Περγαμμον, τό (the gender in the N. T. is indeterminate; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 421f; Pape, Eigennamen, see under the words)), Περγαμου, ἡ, Pergamus (or Pergamum (cf. Curtius, § 413)), a city of Mysia Major in Asia Minor, the seat of the dynasties of Attalus and Eumenes, celebrated for the temple of Aesculapius, and the invention ((?) cf. Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 39f; Birt, Antikes Buchwesen, chapter ii.) and manufacture of parchment. The river Selinus flowed through it and the Cetius ran past it (Strabo 13, p. 623; Pliny, 5, 30 (33); 13, 11 (21); Tacitus, ann. 3, 63). It was the birthplace of the physician Galen, and had a great royal library. Modern Berghama. There was a Christian church there: Rev_1:11; Rev_2:12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Πέργαμος Pergamos 2x
Pergamus, a city of Mysia, in Asia Minor, Rev_1:11 ; Rev_2:12 *. See PhotoGuide.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Πέργαμος , -ου , ἡ
(so Xen ., Paus ., al. , but -ον , τό in Strabo, Polyb ., and most writers, also in Inscr .; in NT the termination is uncertain),
Pergamum , a city of Mysia: Rev_1:11 ; Rev_2:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Πέργαμον (~ Πέργαμος ) [page 503]
Along with this form of the name of the city (Strabo, Polyb. al. ) is to be found (ἡ ) Πέργαμος (Xen. Paus. al. ) The two occurrences in the NT ( Rev_1:11 ; Rev_2:12 ) are in the acc. and dat., leaving the nom. uncertain, and curiously no ex. of the nom. can be quoted from Frδnkel s Pergamene inscrr. (see Perg in Index III.) For features in the history and character of Pergarnum, which make the message of Rev_2:12 ff. specially appropriate, see Ramsay Letters , p. 291 ff., and the art. in EB s.v. Pergamos.
The city gave its name to parchment (περγαμηνή , charta pergamena ), which was first manufactured here : see Gardthausen Griech. Palaeographie .2 i. p. 93 ff.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Πέργαμος Πέργα^μος, ἡ, "Pergamus", the citadel of Troy, Il. ; τὸ Πριάμου Πέργαμον Hdt. ; τὰ Πέργαμα Soph. , Eur. , etc.: —then, any "citadel", Aesch. , Eur. also Περγαμία, Pind.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Πέργαμος, -ου, ἡ
(so Xen., Paus., al., but -ον, τό in Strabo, Polyb., and most writers, also in Inscr.; in NT the termination is uncertain)
Pergamum, a city of Mysia: Rev.1:11 2:12.†
(AS)