Strong's Number G3399

Μίλητος

Miletos · mil'-ay-tos

Transliteration:

Miletos{mil'-ay-tos}

Word Origin:

of uncertain origin

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

Miletus, a city of Asia Minor

Usage in the KJV:

Miletus 2, Miletum 1

Total: 3
Occurs 3 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Miletus = "pure white fine wool"

a maritime city, now nearly 10 miles (16 km), from the coast of Caria or Ionia, near the mouth of the Maeander and 35 miles (55 km) from Ephesus. It was the mother of about eighty colonies, the the birth place of Thales, Anaximander, and other famous men.