noun · feminine
pergas
GreekΠέργη (pergē)
Strong’sG4011
Perga
stem perg-3 times in the New Testament3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Πέργη, -ης, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4011 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidperg'-ay
a tower; Perga, a place in Asia Minor
Fromprobably from the same as G4010;
King JamesPerga.
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 | pergas | pergais |
| object accusative | pergan1×Πέργην | pergain |
| direct address vocative | pergar | pergair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pergau1×Πέργης | pergaiu |
| to, for dative | perga1×Πέργῃ | pergai |
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
perga 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
pergan“Perga”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 13:13“Perga”Anagiratois de apo tau Pafau tois peri Paulon erchala eis Pergan tau Pamfuliau; Iōannos de apochōraratos apo autoiu hupostrefata eis Hierosolumeim.After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
pergau“Perga”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 13:14“Perga”autois de diercharatois apo tau Pergau paraginela eis Antiocheian tan Pisidian, kai eisercharatois eis tan sunagōgan ta hēmera teiu sabbateiu kathizala.And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
perga“Perga”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 14:25“Perga”kai lalaratois en Perga ton logon katabainala eis Attaleian,And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.