Bible Names

Samos: meaning of the name

Samos means “full of gravel.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Samos in Hebrew and Greek

Σάμος G4544

Sámos — Samus, an island of the Mediterranean

of uncertain affinity;

Places named Samos

Samos in Scripture

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

  • Acts 20:15

    And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.