Πιλᾶτος
Pilatos
“Pilate”
Definition
close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
of Latin origin;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
Πιλᾶτος appears 53 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I 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:
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
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