What does Σμύρνα (Smýrna) mean in the Bible?
Σμύρνα (Smýrna) is a Greek word meaning "Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor".
Greek · G4667
Σμύρνα
Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor
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Σμύρνα G4667
Pronunciation Smýrna
What does Σμύρνα (Smýrna) mean in the Bible?
Σμύρνα (Smýrna) is a Greek word meaning "Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4667?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Smyrna (2).
Where does Σμύρνα (Smýrna) 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 It Smyrna 2× Revelation 1:11, Revelation 2:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 1:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Revelation 2
Source forms
Σμύρναν 1x Smyrnan Revelation 1:11
Σμύρνῃ 1x Smyrnē Revelation 2:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 1:11
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 2:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor
Strong's G4667
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor
Extended definition
:--Smyrna.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 1:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Σμύρναν, smurnan
Smyrna
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 2:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:11 1×
Word Origins
Σμύρνα is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain