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SAMOS

(Gk. Sámos)

A mountainous island in the Aegean Sea, ca. 1.6 km. (1 mi.) from the coast of Asia Minor, SW of Ephesus, with a city of the same name as its capital. A cultural and naval center, Samos was the birthplace of Pythagoras. Rome sent Samos and other cities a letter declaring support for Simon’s rule over the Jewish state (1 Macc. 15:23). For a time part of the Roman province of Asia, Samos was made a free state by Augustus in 17 b.c. Herod the Great later visited Samos (Josephus BJ 1.21.11).

On the return leg of his third missionary journey Paul sailed near or stopped at Samos (Acts 20:15). The Greek text is ambiguous, and a few manuscripts thus add “and after remaining at Trogyllium” (a promontory jutting out from the mainland close to Samos).

Douglas Low






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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