noun · masculine
pontios
GreekΠόντιος (pontios)
Strong’sG4194
Pontius
stem ponti-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Πόντιος, -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4194 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpon'-tee-os
apparently bridged; Pontius, a Roman
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesPontius.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pontios1×Πόντιος | pontiois |
| object accusative | pontion | pontioin |
| direct address vocative | pontior | pontioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | pontiou2×Ποντίου | pontioiu |
| to, for dative | pontio | pontioi |
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
pontio 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
pontios“Pontius”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 4:27“Pontius”sunagila gar epi alētheiau en ta polita houta epi ton hagion paidon su Iēsun, hon chriasa, Hērōdos tē kai Pontios Pilatos sun ethnei kai laoi Israēl,In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
pontiou“Pontius”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 3:1“Pontius”En ete de pentekaidekate tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōtou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōtou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōtou tau Itouraiau kai Trachōnitiau chōrau, kai Lusaniou tau Abilēnau tetraarcharōtou,In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
1 Timothy 6:13“Pontius”parangellamō si enōpion tou theou tou zōogonarōtou teim panteim kai Christou Iēsu tou marturaratou epi Pontiou Pilatou tan kalan homologian,I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate: