Πάτμος G3963
Patmos, a small Aegean island where John received the Revelation
A rocky island in the Aegean Sea where the apostle John was exiled and received the visions recorded in Revelation. Revelation 1:9 identifies John as being on Patmos because of the word of God and testimony of Jesus—likely indicating Roman exile for Christian witness. The island became sacred geography for Christian tradition, the place where persecution's isolation became the setting for apocalyptic unveiling. Patmos shows how imperial punishment can become divine revelation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Revelation 1:9 locates John on the island called 'Patmos' (Πάτμῳ). The translations preserve the island name (English 'Patmos', Spanish 'Pátmos', French 'Patmos'). John's exile to this barren rock aimed to silence his witness, but isolation became revelation's womb. The geography matters: removed from churches he pastored, John received visions for the universal church. Roman punishment positioned him for cosmic disclosure—exile as apocalyptic classroom. 1×
AR["بَطْمُسَ"]·ben["পাটমোস"]·DE["Patmos"]·EN["Patmos"]·FR["Patmos"]·heb["פַּטְמוֹס"]·HI["पतमुस,"]·ID["Patmos,"]·IT["patmō"]·jav["Patmos"]·KO["밧모"]·PT["Patmos"]·RU["Патмос,"]·ES["Pátmos"]·SW["Patmo,"]·TR["-den"]·urd["پتمس"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Πάτμος, -ου, ἡ Patmos, an island in the Ægean Sea: Rev.1:9.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)