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Pentecost

πεντηκοστήStrong’s G4005

pentēkostē

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Pentēkostē is the Greek word usually translated “pentecost”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
Acts 2:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “pentecost”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • of pentecost 2
  • pentecost 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 2
  • 1 Corinthians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

πεντηκοστή pentēkostē · Pentecost

πεντηκοστός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for חֲמִישִׁי, חֲמִישִׁי, Lev.25:10-11, 4Ki.15:23 15:27; 1Ma.4:1-61, 2Ma.14:4; ἡ π., Tob.2:1, 2Ma.12:32 * ;] fiftieth. As subst., ἡ π.; (a) (sc. μερίς), at Athens, a tax of two per cent.; (b) (sc. ἡμέρα, i.e. the fiftieth day after the Passover), Pentecost, the second of the three great Jewish feasts (To, 2Mac, ll. with; ἑορτὴ ἑβδομάδων, Deu.16:10, al.) : Act.2:1 20:16, 1Co.16:8.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “pentecost” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PEN'TECOST,noun

[Gr. fiftieth.]

  1. A solemn festival of the Jews, so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day after the sixteenth of Nisan, which was the second day of the passover.
  2. Whitsuntide, a solemn feast of the church, held in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. Acts 2:1

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.