This is the name of the place Pontus: A region in Asia Minor with Jewish inhabitants.
Definition
Πόντος, -ου, ὁ
Pontus, a region of Asia Minor, bordering on the πόντος Εὔξεινος: Acts 2:9, 1 Peter 1:1.
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- Acts 2:9Πόντον · PontusParthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- 1 Peter 1:1Πόντου · [throughout] PontusPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen