nesos names an insular land area, whether identified as Malta or Patmos or pictured among features moved or fleeing.

The term consistently identifies insular land areas: places traversed, reached, inhabited, or departed from in Acts and Revelation, and, in Revelation’s visionary scenes, features that are moved or flee alongside mountains.

1. An insular land area · dominant

   The singular noun identifies a place traversed in Acts 13:6, a destination anticipated in Acts 27:26, and the place called Malta in Acts 28:1. Its dative and genitive forms mark location or association in Acts 28:11, Acts 28:7, and Revelation 1:9, while the nominative form stands among the features moved or fleeing in Revelation 6:14 and Revelation 16:20.

   Acts 13:6Acts 27:26Acts 28:1Acts 28:7Revelation 6:14Revelation 16:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the term with “island,” including named locations such as Malta and Patmos, and uses “every island” in Revelation’s scenes of movement and flight. These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.