GREEK · G4195
Πόντος
Pontos — Pontus
Πόντος, -ου, ὁ Pontus, a region of Asia Minor, bordering on the πόντος Εὔξεινος: Act.2:9, 1Pe.1:1.† (AS)
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Pontus
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GREEK · G4193
Ποντικός
Pontikos — of Pontus
from Pontus, Pontic , (Iliad by Homer) δένδρεον, probably, the bird-cherry , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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A province of Asia Minor, stretching along the southern coast of the Euxine Sea, corresponding nearly to the modern province of Trebizond. In the time of the apostles it was a Roman province. Strangers from this province were at Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9), and to “strangers scattered throughout Pontus,” among others, Peter addresses his first epistle (1 Pet. 1:1). It was evidently the resort of many Jews of the Dispersion. Aquila was a native of Pontus (Acts 18:2).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.