What does Πέργαμος (Pérgamos) mean in the Bible?
Πέργαμος (Pérgamos) is a Greek word meaning "fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor".
Greek · G4010
Πέργαμος
Fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor
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ΠέργαμοςG4010
PronunciationPérgamos
What does Πέργαμος (Pérgamos) mean in the Bible?
Πέργαμος (Pérgamos) is a Greek word meaning "fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4010?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Pergamum (2).
Where does Πέργαμος (Pérgamos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 1:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItPergamum2×Revelation 1:11, Revelation 2:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRevelation 1:11
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Revelation2
Source forms
Πέργαμον1xPergamonRevelation 1:11
Περγάμῳ1xPergamōRevelation 2:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 1:11
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 2:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor
Strong'sG4010
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor
Extended definition
:--Pergamos.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 1:11Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Πέργαμον,pergamon
Pergamum
Read verseRevelation 2:12Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Περγάμῳpergamw
Pergamum
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · FeminineRev 2:121×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineRev 1:111×
Word Origins
Πέργαμος is built from this root: