noun · masculine
pilatos
Strong’sG4091
Pilate
stem pilat-55 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Pontius Pilate, the Roman official named in the New Testament 134. The name is of Latin origin, and the underlying Latin word means "close-pressed," i.e. firm 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G4091 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpil-at'-os
close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesPilate.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Pontius Pilate:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pilatos39×Πιλᾶτος | pilatois |
| object accusative | pilaton7×Πιλᾶτον | pilatoin |
| direct address vocative | pilator | pilatoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | pilatou3×Πιλάτου | pilatoiu |
| to, for dative | pilato6×Πιλάτῳ | pilatoi |
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
pilato 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
55 occurrences, every one of them listed
pilatos“Pilate”subjectnominative singular39×
Matthew 27:13tote legatō auto tos Pilatos; Ouk akouasō poseim su katamarturalō?Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear …
Matthew 27:17sunagorēntoiu oun autoiu legata autoi tos Pilatos; Tinon thelavō apoluameia vi, Iēsun ton …So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you …
Matthew 27:22legatō autoi tos Pilatos; Tinem oun poiameia Iēsun ton legorōnton …… with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
Matthew 27:24horarantos de tos Pilatos hoti oudenem ōfelatō alla mallon thorubos …When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing …
Matthew 27:58… tem sōmem tou Iēsu. tote tos Pilatos keleuata apodōira.… for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to …
Matthew 27:65fēate autoi tos Pilatos; Echavō koustōdian; hupagavōr asfalizevar hōs oidavē.“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as …
Mark 15:2kai eperōtata auton tos Pilatos; Sis asō tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu? …So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King …
Mark 15:4tos de Pilatos palin eperōtate auton legarōntos; Ouk apokrinosō …Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no …
Mark 15:9tos de Pilatos apokrinita autoi legarōntos; Thelavō apoluameia vi …… you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
Mark 15:12tos de Pilatos palin apokrinirantos legate autoi; Tinem oun …So Pilate asked them again, “What then do …
Mark 15:14tos de Pilatos legate autoi; Tinem gar poiata kakosem? …“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But …
Mark 15:15tos de Pilatos boulorōntos to ochlo tem hikanem poiara …And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he …
Mark 15:44tos de Pilatos thaumazata ei ēdē thnēskatē, kai proskalerantos …Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus …
Luke 13:1… peri toiu Galilaioiu hoiu tem haimem Pilatos migata meta taiu thusiaiu autoiu.… Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Luke 23:3tos de Pilatos erōtata auton legarōntos; Sis asō tos …So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King …
Luke 23:4tos de Pilatos legata pros toin archierevoin kai toin …Then Pilate said to the chief priests and …
Luke 23:6Pilatos de akouarantos eperōtata ei tos anthrōpos …When Pilate heard this, he asked if the …
Luke 23:12… filois tos tē Hērōdos kai tos Pilatos en auta ta hēmera meta allēloiu; …That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they …
Luke 23:13Pilatos de sunkalerantos toin archierevoin kai toin …Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the …
Luke 23:20palin de tos Pilatos prosfōnata, thelarōntos apoluara ton Iēsun.Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
Luke 23:24kai Pilatos epikrinata genera tem aitēmem autoiu;So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
John 18:29exerchata oun tos Pilatos exō pros autoin kai fēatō; Tinan …So Pilate went out to them and asked …
John 18:31legata oun autoi tos Pilatos; Labavar auton vis, kai kata ton …… judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted …
John 18:33… oun palin eis tem praitōriem tos Pilatos kai fōnata ton Iēsun kai legata …Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned …
John 18:35apokrinita tos Pilatos; Mēti mis Ioudaios amō? tem ethnem …“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief …
John 18:37legata oun auto tos Pilatos; Oukoun basilevos asō sis? apokrinita tos …“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am …
John 18:38legatō auto tos Pilatos; Tinem atō alētheias? Kai houtem legarantos …“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he …
John 19:1Tote oun labata tos Pilatos ton Iēsun kai mastigata.Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
John 19:4kai exerchata palin exō tos Pilatos kai legatō autoi; Ide agamō vi …Once again Pilate came out and said to the …
John 19:6… legarōntois; Staurasar staurasar. legatō autoi tos Pilatos; Labavar auton vis kai stauravar, mis …… You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis …
John 19:8Hote oun akouata tos Pilatos houton ton logon, mallon fobita,When Pilate heard this statement, he was even …
John 19:10legatō oun auto tos Pilatos; Mi ouk lalasō? ouk oidasē hoti …So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse …
John 19:12ek houteu tos Pilatos zētate apoluara auton; tois de Ioudaiois …From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the …
John 19:13Tos oun Pilatos akouarantos toiu logoiu houtoiu agata exō …When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus …
John 19:15… airasar, staurasar auton. legatō autoi tos Pilatos; Ton basilevon vu staurameia? apokrinila tois …… Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but …
John 19:19grafata de kai titlon tos Pilatos kai tithata epi tou staurou; ate …Pilate also had a notice posted on …
John 19:22apokrinita tos Pilatos; Hem grafamē grafamē.Pilate answered, “What I have written, I …
John 19:38… sōmem tou Iēsu; kai epitrepata tos Pilatos. erchata oun kai airata tem sōmem …… him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came …
Acts 4:27… hon chriasa, Hērōdos tē kai Pontios Pilatos sun ethnei kai laoi Israēl,… very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the …
pilaton“Pilate”objectaccusative singular7×
Matthew 27:62… tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois pros Pilaton… chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
Mark 15:5“Pilate”… ouketi oudenem apokrinita, hōste thaumazarō ton Pilaton.But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.
Mark 15:43… tou theou, tolmarantos eiserchata pros ton Pilaton kai aiteta tem sōmem tou Iēsu.… kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of …
Luke 23:1… plēthem autoiu agala auton epi ton Pilaton.… rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
John 19:31… hēmeras ekeineu teu sabbateu, erōtala ton Pilaton hina kateagileia autoiu teim skeleim kai …… during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and …
John 19:38Meta de houteim erōtata ton Pilaton Iōsēf apo Harimathaiau, arōntos mathētos tou …… for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body …
Acts 13:28kai mēdenan aitian thanatou heuriskarantois aitela Pilaton anairira auton;… for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
pilatou“Pilate”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Luke 3:1… tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōntou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou tau Galilaiau …… reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch …
Acts 3:13… men paradōava kai arneva kata prosōpem Pilatou, krinarantou ekeinou apoluarō;… Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to …
1 Timothy 6:13… Christou Iēsu tou marturarantou epi Pontiou Pilatou tan kalan homologian,… confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
pilato“Pilate”to, fordative singular6×
Matthew 27:2kai darantois auton apagala kai paradōala Pilato to hēgemono.… away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
Matthew 27:58houtos prosercharantos to Pilato aiteta tem sōmem tou Iēsu. tote …He went to Pilate to ask for the body of …
Mark 15:1… darantois ton Iēsun apoferala kai paradōala Pilato.… away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
Luke 23:11… peribalarantos esthan lampran anapempata auton to Pilato.… robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
Luke 23:52houtos prosercharantos to Pilato aiteta tem sōmem tou Iēsu,He went to Pilate to ask for the body of …
John 19:21legale oun to Pilato tois archierevois toiu Ioudaioiu; Mē grafasōr; …… priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of …