Πέργαμος
Pergamos · Pergamum
Greek word · Strong’s number G4010 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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Pergamos (Πέργαμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Pergamum”.
A city in the province of Asia.
How to say it
Per·ga·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Pergamum
Today: Bergama (Pergamon ruins), Turkey
A city in what is now western Turkey, about 15 miles (25 km) inland from the Aegean Sea.
It is one of the seven assemblies of Asia. Jesus praised it for holding to his name and called it to change its mind about what it tolerated (Rev 2:12-16).
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Where it appears
- Revelation 1:11
saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
- Revelation 2:12
And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: This is what the one who has the sharp two-edged sword says: