The Linked Word ProjectStrong's Number G3399
Transliteration:
Miletos{mil'-ay-tos}
Word Origin:
of uncertain origin
Part of Speech:
proper name location
Usage in the KJV:
Miletus 2, Miletum 1
Total: 3
Total: 3
Definition:
Miletus = "pure white fine wool"
- a maritime city, now nearly 10 miles (16 km), from the coast of Caria or Ionia, near the mouth of the Maeander and 35 miles (55 km) from Ephesus. It was the mother of about eighty colonies, the the birth place of Thales, Anaximander, and other famous men.