Word: pergamoj

Pronounce: per'-gam-os

Strongs Number: G4010

Orig: from 4444; fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor:--Pergamos. G4444

Use: Noun Location

Heb Strong:

Pergamos = "height or elevation"

1) 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.