Bible Names

Perga: meaning of the name

Perga means “very earthy.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Perga in Hebrew and Greek

Πέργη G4011

Pérgē — a tower; Perga, a place in Asia Minor

probably from the same as G4010 (Πέργαμος);

Places named Perga

Perga in Scripture

“Perga” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 13:13

    Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 13:14

    But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

  • Acts 14:25

    And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: