Bible Names

Mitylene: meaning of the name

Mitylene means “purity; cleansing; press.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Mitylene in Hebrew and Greek

Μιτυλήνη G3412

Mitylḗnē — Mitylene (or Mytilene), a town on the island of Lesbos

for (abounding in shellfish);

Places named Mitylene

Mitylene in Scripture

“Mitylene” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Acts 20:14

    And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.