Strong G4195Πόντος
Pontus
- Transliteration
- Pontos
- Pronunciation
- pon'-tos
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Location
Definition
A sea;
Pontus a region of Asia Minor: - Pontus.
Pontus a region of Asia Minor: - Pontus.
Meaning of the name
Pontus, "sea"
Detailed definition
Πόντος, -ου, ὁ
Pontus, a region of Asia Minor, bordering on the πόντος Εὔξεινος: Act.2:9, 1Pe.1:1.†
(AS)
Pontus, a region of Asia Minor, bordering on the πόντος Εὔξεινος: Act.2:9, 1Pe.1:1.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Pontus
A region in Asia Minor with Jewish inhabitants
Pontus was a region in Asia Minor along the Black Sea coast, home to Jewish inhabitants and early Christian converts.
In the Bible
Strong G4195 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pontus2
First verses
- Acts 2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
- 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
πόντος, ὁ:
Epic dialect genitive ἐκ ποντόφιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.83)]:—sea, especially open sea, common from [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards, except in Prose, where it is chiefly used of special seas (see. below 11))]; in the general sense, ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 611e, “Ti.” 25a, LXX.Exo.15.5)]; π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.195, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.350, 6.291, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.158; π. ἠεροειδής, ἰοειδής, μέλας, οἶνοψ, 2.263, 11.107, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.79, 23.316; π. ἀτρύγετος, ἰχθυόεις, 15.27, 19.378; opposed to γαῖα, 8.479, etc.)]; κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.195, 1.24, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 150 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς the wide waters of the grey brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.59, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 10, 106)]; πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι, of the Isthmus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.39, 10.27.)]
2 metaphorically, π. ἀγαθῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 159; π. χρυσίου 3rd c.BC: Phoenix Iambographus 1.2; ἐκπεσεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀνομοιότητος π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273d (cited in 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 5).)]
II of special seas, π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.145, 23.230; ὁ Αἰγαῖος π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.97, etc.; ὁ π. οὗτος [prev. author] 4.177 (variant))]; Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 225 (Lyric poetry), “Hipp.” 1200, “Cyc.” 703: especially π. Εὔξεινος, [prev. author] “IT” 125 (Lyric poetry, nisi to be read Ἄξεινος); ὁ Εὔξεινος π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, 97 (called Ἄξεινος, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 218 (Lyric poetry)))]; generally called simply ὁ Πόντος or Πόντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 878 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.147, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 700, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 354a14, +others; but 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus has also ὁ πόντος)] for the sea, [Refs (4.99, 177.)]
II.2 the country [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Pontus” on the 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] shore of the Black Sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 8, etc.:)] adjective Ποντικός (which see).
III personified as son of Gaia, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 132, 233f (Cogn. with πάτος, which see))]
Epic dialect genitive ἐκ ποντόφιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.83)]:—sea, especially open sea, common from [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards, except in Prose, where it is chiefly used of special seas (see. below 11))]; in the general sense, ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 611e, “Ti.” 25a, LXX.Exo.15.5)]; π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.195, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.350, 6.291, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.158; π. ἠεροειδής, ἰοειδής, μέλας, οἶνοψ, 2.263, 11.107, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.79, 23.316; π. ἀτρύγετος, ἰχθυόεις, 15.27, 19.378; opposed to γαῖα, 8.479, etc.)]; κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.195, 1.24, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 150 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς the wide waters of the grey brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.59, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 10, 106)]; πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι, of the Isthmus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.39, 10.27.)]
2 metaphorically, π. ἀγαθῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 159; π. χρυσίου 3rd c.BC: Phoenix Iambographus 1.2; ἐκπεσεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀνομοιότητος π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273d (cited in 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 5).)]
II of special seas, π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.145, 23.230; ὁ Αἰγαῖος π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.97, etc.; ὁ π. οὗτος [prev. author] 4.177 (variant))]; Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 225 (Lyric poetry), “Hipp.” 1200, “Cyc.” 703: especially π. Εὔξεινος, [prev. author] “IT” 125 (Lyric poetry, nisi to be read Ἄξεινος); ὁ Εὔξεινος π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, 97 (called Ἄξεινος, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 218 (Lyric poetry)))]; generally called simply ὁ Πόντος or Πόντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 878 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.147, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 700, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 354a14, +others; but 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus has also ὁ πόντος)] for the sea, [Refs (4.99, 177.)]
II.2 the country [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Pontus” on the 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] shore of the Black Sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 8, etc.:)] adjective Ποντικός (which see).
III personified as son of Gaia, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 132, 233f (Cogn. with πάτος, which see))]