What does πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ) mean in the Bible?
πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ): The fiftieth day after Passover, marking the Jewish feast of weeks celebrating firstfruits and Torah.
Greek · G4005
πεντηκοστή
Pentecost
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πεντηκοστή G4005
Pronunciation pentēkostḗ
What does πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ) mean in the Bible?
πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ): The fiftieth day after Passover, marking the Jewish feast of weeks celebrating firstfruits and Torah.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4005?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of Pentecost (2), Pentecost (1).
Where does πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of Pentecost 2× Acts 2:1, Acts 20:16
Pentecost 1× 1 Corinthians 16:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:1
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
Πεντηκοστῆς 3x Pentēkostēs Acts 2:1, Acts 20:16, 1 Corinthians 16:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 3x Acts 2:1, Acts 20:16, 1 Corinthians 16:8
Evidence Summary
CovenantCreation
Greek word. The fiftieth day after Passover, marking the Jewish feast of weeks celebrating firstfruits and Torah.
Strong's G4005
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 2:1-13 Source Gloss
Pentecost
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Πεντηκοστῆς, penthkosthv
Pentecost
Read verse Acts 20:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Πεντηκοστῆς penthkosthv
Pentecost
Read verse 1 Corinthians 16:8 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Πεντηκοστῆς· penthkosthv
Pentecost
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 2:1 · Acts 20:16 · 1 Cor 16:8 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
The Jewish feast occurring fifty days after Passover, associated with harvest and later with covenant remembrance.
The fiftieth day festival.
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πεντηκοστή is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The timing underscores fulfillment and harvest imagery, signaling the beginning of a new redemptive season in God’s plan. Acts 2:1-13
Connects Paul’s travel to Israel’s covenant calendar. Acts 20:13-16
Canonical Themes
Covenant Creation
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain