noun · feminine
patmas
GreekΠάτμος (patmos)
Strong’sG3963
Patmos
stem patm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Πάτμος, -ου, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3963 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpat'-mos
Patmus, an islet in the Mediterranean
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King JamesPatmos.
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 | patmas | patmais |
| object accusative | patman | patmain |
| direct address vocative | patmar | patmair |
| of, belonging to genitive | patmau | patmaiu |
| to, for dative | patma1×Πάτμῳ | patmai |
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
patma 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
patma“Patmos”to, fordative singular1×
Revelation 1:9“Patmos”Mis Iōannos, tos adelfos vu kai sunkoinōnos en ta thlipsia kai basileia kai hupomona en Iēso, ginema en ta nēsa ta kalirōta Patma dia ton logon tou theou kai tan marturian Iēsu.I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.