noun · feminine
pergamas
GreekΠέργαμος (pergamos)
Strong’sG4010
Pergamum
stem pergam-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Πέργαμος, -ου, ἡ
(so Xen., Paus., al., but -ον, τό in Strabo, Polyb., and most writers, also in Inscr.; in NT the termination is uncertain),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4010 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidper'-gam-os
fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor
Fromfrom G4444;
King JamesPergamos.
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 | pergamas | pergamais |
| object accusative | pergaman1×Πέργαμον | pergamain |
| direct address vocative | pergamar | pergamair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pergamau | pergamaiu |
| to, for dative | pergama1×Περγάμῳ | pergamai |
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
pergama 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
pergaman“Pergamum”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 1:11“Pergamum”legarōtau; Hem blepasō grafasar eis bibliem kai pempasar tai hepta ekklēsai, eis Efesan kai eis Smurnan kai eis Pergaman kai eis Thuateireim kai eis Sardiain kai eis Filadelfeian kai eis Laodikeian.saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
pergama“Pergamum”to, fordative singular1×
Revelation 2:12“Pergamum”Kai to angelo tau en Pergama ekklēsau grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos echarōtos tan romfaian tan distoman tan oxuan;To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.