Quick Definition
Πόντος, ου, ὁ n.m. Pontus
Strong's Definition
a sea; Pontus, a region of Asia Minor
KJV Usage: Pontus
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Πόντος, -ov, ὁ, Pontus, a region of eastern Asia Minor, bounded by the Euxine Sea [fr. which circumstance it took its name], Armenia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Paphlagonia, [BB. DD.s.v.; Ed. Meyer, Gesch. ἃ. Konigreiches Pontos (Leip. 1879)]: Acts ii. 9; 1 Pet. i. 1.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Πόντος, -ου, ὁ, Pontus, a region of Asia Minor, bordering on the πόντος Εὔξεινος: Ac 2:9, I Pe 1:1.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Πόντος (Pontos) — Pontus. πόντος, ὁ: Epic dialect genitive ἐκ ποντόφιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—sea, especially open sea, common from [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in the general sense, ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη [LXX+5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς the wide waters of the grey brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι, of the Isthmus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, π. ἀγαθῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of special seas, π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally called simply ὁ Πόντος or Πόντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] for the sea, [Refs]
II.2. the country [Refs 5th c.BC+] shore of the Black Sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adjective Ποντικός (which see).
III. personified as son of Gaia, [Refs 8th c.BC+]