Word Study · Strong's G4194 · Greek

Πόντιος

Pontios

pon'-tee-os

Strong's 1890 spelling: Póntios

“apparently bridged”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

apparently bridged; Pontius, a Roman

Rendered in the KJV as

Pontius.

3
occurrencesin the New Testament
3 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

Ποντίου2
Πόντιος1

How it is rendered · 1

Pontius3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-GSM-P · 2
N-NSM-P · 1

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Where this word lives

Luke1 of 3 · 33%
Acts1 of 3 · 33%
1 Timothy1 of 3 · 33%

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Luke1 occurrence

Luke 3:1Ποντίουpontiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularIn 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,here: Pontius

Acts1 occurrence

Acts 4:27Πόντιοςpontiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularIn 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.here: Pontius

1 Timothy1 occurrence

1 Timothy 6:13Ποντίουpontiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularI 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:here: Pontius

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