GREEK · G3963
Πάτμος
Patmos — Patmos
Πάτμος, -ου, ἡ Patmos, an island in the Ægean Sea: Rev.1:9.† (AS)
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Patmos
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Historical dictionary entry
A small rocky and barren island, one of the group called the “Sporades,” in the AEgean Sea. It is mentioned in Scripture only in Rev. 1:9. It was on this island, to which John was banished by the emperor Domitian (A.D. 95), that he received from God the wondrous revelation recorded in his book. This has naturally invested it with the deepest interest for all time. It is now called Patmo. (See JOHN.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.