noun · masculine
pontos
GreekΠόντος (pontos)
Strong’sG4195
Pontus
stem pont-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Πόντος, -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4195 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpon'-tos
a sea; Pontus, a region of Asia Minor
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesPontus.
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 | pontos | pontois |
| object accusative | ponton1×Πόντον | pontoin |
| direct address vocative | pontor | pontoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | pontou1×Πόντου | pontoiu |
| to, for dative | ponto | pontoi |
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
ponto 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ponton“Pontus”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 2:9“Pontus”Parthois kai Mēdois kai Elamitois, kai tois katoikarōtois tan Mesopotamian, Ioudaian tē kai Kappadokian, Ponton kai tan Asian,Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
pontou“Pontus”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 1:1“Pontus”Petros apostolos Iēsu Christou eklektoi parepidēmoi diasporau Pontou, Galatiau, Kappadokiau, Asiau, kai Bithuniau,Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen