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Strong's #4101 - πιστικός
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- pertaining to belief
- having the power of persuading, skilful in producing belief
- trusty, faithful, that can be relied on
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πιστικός
(A), ή, όν, ( πίνω )
liquid, νάρδος Ev.Mark 14:3, Ev.John 12:3 .
πιστικός
(B), ή, όν, ( πίστις )
faithful, Vett.Val. 10.14, Cat.Cod. Astr. 8(4).169; γυνὴ π. καὶ οἰκουρός Artem. 2.32 . Adv. - κῶς, ἔχειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Plu. Pel. 8: Sup. - ώτατα Hld. 3.9 .
2. late spelling of πειστικός (q.v.).
πιστικός, πιστικη, πιστικον (πιστός), pertaining to belief;
a. having the power of persuading, skillful in producing belief: Plato, Gorgias, p. 455 a. b. trusty, faithful, that can be relied on: γυνή πιστικη καί οἰκουρός καί πειθομενη τῷ ἀνδρί, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 32; often so in Cedrenus (also (of persons) in Epiphanius, John Moschus, Sophronius of Damascus; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word); of commodities equivalent to δόκιμος, genuine, pure, unadulterated: so νάρδος πιστικη (but A. V. spike-(i. e. spiked) nard, after thenardi spicati of the Vulg. (in Mark)), Mark 14:3; John 12:3 (for nard was often adulterated; see Pliny, h. n. 12,26; Dioscorides (
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† πιστικός , -ή , -όν (πίστις ),
1. having the gift of persuasion (Plat„ Gorg., 455 A).
2. (a) of persons, faithful, trusty (plut.);
(b) of things, trustworthy, genuine : νάρδος Papyri, Mark 14:3, John 12:3.†
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