Strong's Number G4010

Πέργαμος

Pergamos · per'-gam-os

Transliteration:

Pergamos{per'-gam-os}

Word Origin:

from 4444

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor

Usage in the KJV:

Pergamos 2

Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Pergamos = "height or elevation"

a city of Mysia Minor, in Asia Minor, the seat of the dynasties of Attalus and Eumenes, famous for its temple of Aesculapius and the invention and manufacture of parchment. The river Selinus flowed through it and the Cetius ran past it. It was the birthplace of the physician Galen, and had a great royal library. It had a Christian church.