Bible Names

Pentecost: meaning of the name

Pentecost means “fiftieth.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Pentecost in Hebrew and Greek

πεντηκοστή G4005

pentēkostḗ — fiftieth (G2250 (ἡμέρα) being implied) from Passover, i.e. the festival of "Pentecost"

feminine of the ordinal of G4004 (πεντήκοντα);

Pentecost in Scripture

“Pentecost” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 2:1

    And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

  • Acts 20:16

    For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:8

    But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.