adjective
pontikos
GreekΠοντικός (pontikos)
Strong’sG4193
belonging to Pontus
stem pontik-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ποντικός, -ή, -όν,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4193 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpon-tik-os'
a Pontican, i.e. native of Pontus
Fromfrom G4195;
King Jamesborn in Pontus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pontikos | pontikas | pontikem | pontikois | pontikais | pontikeim |
| object accusative | pontikon1×Ποντικὸν | pontikan | pontikoin | pontikain | ||
| direct address vocative | pontikor | pontikar | pontikoir | pontikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | pontikou | pontikau | pontikeu | pontikoiu | pontikaiu | pontikeiu |
| to, for dative | pontiko | pontika | pontike | pontikoi | pontikai | pontikei |
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
pontik 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
pontikon“of pontus”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 18:2“of pontus”kai heuriskaratos tinon Ioudaion onome Akulaon, Pontikon te gene, prosfatōs ercharēton apo tau Italiau kai Priskillan gunaikan autou dia tem diatassarē Klaudion chōrizirō pantoin toin Ioudaioin apo tau Rōmau, proserchata autoi,There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,