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patmos |
3 definitions found From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Patmos, AR (town, FIPS 53900) Location: 33.51194 N, 93.56666 W Population (1990): 32 (9 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Patmos 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}.) From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Patmos, mortal
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