noun · feminine
pentēkostas
Greekπεντηκοστή (pentēkostē)
Strong’sG4005
Pentecost
stem pentēkost-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πεντηκοστή, -ῆς, ἡ, v.s. πεντηκοστός.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4005 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pentēkostas | pentēkostais |
| object accusative | pentēkostan | pentēkostain |
| direct address vocative | pentēkostar | pentēkostair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pentēkostau3×πεντηκοστῆς | pentēkostaiu |
| to, for dative | pentēkosta | pentēkostai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pentēkosta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
pentēkostau“pentecost”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 2:1“pentecost”Kai en te sumplērirō tan hēmeran tau pentēkostau ale pantois homou epi tem autem,When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
Acts 20:16“pentecost”krinatelē gar tos Paulos paraplara tan Efesan, hopōs mē gineteia auto chronotribara en ta Asia, speudate gar ei dunatem atoiō auto tan hēmeran tau pentēkostau ginera eis Hierosolumeim.Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
1 Corinthians 16:8“pentecost”epimenami de en Efesa heōs tau pentēkostau;But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,