Strong G4194Πόντιος
Pontius
- Transliteration
- Pontios
- Pronunciation
- pon'-tee-os
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of Latin origin; apparently bridged;
Pontius a Roman: - Pontius.
Pontius a Roman: - Pontius.
Meaning of the name
Pontius, "[tribal name]"
Detailed definition
Πόντιος, -ου, ὁ
Pontius, the prænomen of Pilate (see: Πειλᾶτος), Mat.27:2 (Rec., WH, mg.), Luk.3:1, Act.4:27, 1Ti.6:13.†
(AS)
Pontius, the prænomen of Pilate (see: Πειλᾶτος), Mat.27:2 (Rec., WH, mg.), Luk.3:1, Act.4:27, 1Ti.6:13.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Pilate
Roman governor who presided over Jesus' trial
Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea who presided over the trial of Jesus and ultimately ordered his crucifixion.
In the Bible
Strong G4194 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pontius4
First verses
- Matthew 27:2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
- Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
- Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
- 1 Timothy 6:13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
πόντ-ιος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 595 (Lyric poetry))]: (πόντος):— of the sea, epithet of Poseidon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 22.3, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1072 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πόντιε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1010 (Lyric poetry))]; π. Θέτις, Νηρηΐδες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.35, p. 11.2)]; π. δάκη sea monsters, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 582 (Lyric poetry); π. βόσκημα [prev. author] “fragment” 275)]; π. ὕδωρ, πέλαγος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.64, 7.56)]; κύματα, θύελλα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 89, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1659, etc.)]; ᾅδην π. πεφευγότες, i.e. death by drowning, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 667.)]
b π. ῥάκη, of sponges or fragments of such, [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 258.)]
2 by the sea, of places, Ἰσθμός, ἀκτή, Χρύση, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 449, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 269.)]
3 in the sea, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.18)]; especially of those far out to sea, opposed to πρόσγειοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 368b33, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.6.2, 8.6.6)]; of ships, βάριδες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 553 (Lyric poetry); ὅπλισμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 253 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 of persons, ἱκέτας δέχεσθαι ποντίους from the sea,[Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 300)]; ἀφιέναι πόντιον into the sea, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 797.)]
5 brought by sea or from beyond sea, of iron, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 940 (Lyric poetry).)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 595 (Lyric poetry))]: (πόντος):— of the sea, epithet of Poseidon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 22.3, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1072 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πόντιε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1010 (Lyric poetry))]; π. Θέτις, Νηρηΐδες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.35, p. 11.2)]; π. δάκη sea monsters, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 582 (Lyric poetry); π. βόσκημα [prev. author] “fragment” 275)]; π. ὕδωρ, πέλαγος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.64, 7.56)]; κύματα, θύελλα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 89, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1659, etc.)]; ᾅδην π. πεφευγότες, i.e. death by drowning, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 667.)]
b π. ῥάκη, of sponges or fragments of such, [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 258.)]
2 by the sea, of places, Ἰσθμός, ἀκτή, Χρύση, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 449, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 269.)]
3 in the sea, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.18)]; especially of those far out to sea, opposed to πρόσγειοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 368b33, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.6.2, 8.6.6)]; of ships, βάριδες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 553 (Lyric poetry); ὅπλισμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 253 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 of persons, ἱκέτας δέχεσθαι ποντίους from the sea,[Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 300)]; ἀφιέναι πόντιον into the sea, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 797.)]
5 brought by sea or from beyond sea, of iron, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 940 (Lyric poetry).)]