noun · feminine
milētas
GreekΜίλητος (milētos)
Strong’sG3399
Miletus
stem milēt-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μίλητος, -ου, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3399 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmil'-ay-tos
Miletus, a city of Asia Minor
Fromof uncertain origin;
King JamesMiletus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | milētas | milētais |
| object accusative | milētan1×Μίλητον | milētain |
| direct address vocative | milētar | milētair |
| of, belonging to genitive | milētau1×Μιλήτου | milētaiu |
| to, for dative | milēta1×Μιλήτῳ | milētai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
milēta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
milētan“Miletus”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 20:15“Miletus”kakeithen apoplaratois ta epeiarōta katantana antikrus Chiau, ta de hetera paraballana eis Saman, ta de echerōta erchana eis Milētan;Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
milētau“Miletus”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 20:17“Miletus”Apo de tau Milētau pemparatos eis Efesan metakaleta toin presbuteroin tau ekklēsau.From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
milēta“Miletus”to, fordative singular1×
2 Timothy 4:20“Miletus”Erastos menata en Korintha, Trofimon de apoleipama en Milēta asthenarōton.Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.