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Strong's #4104 - πιστόω
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- to make faithful, render trustworthy
- to make firm, establish
- to be firmly persuaded of
- to be assured of
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πιστόω,
make trustworthy, πιστοῦν τινα ὅρκοις bind him by oaths, Th. 4.88 .
II Pass., to be made trustworthy, give a pledge or warrant, πιστωθείς h.Merc. 536; ἐπεὶ δ' ἐπιστώθησαν E. IA 66; μοι . . ὅρκῳ πιστωθῆναι ἀπήμονά μ' οἴκαδ' ἀπάξειν bind yourselves to me by oath . ., Od. 15.436 .
2. feel trust or confidence, to be persuaded, ὄφρα . . πιστωθῆτον ἐνὶ θυμῷ 21.218; πιστωθεὶς ὅτι . . feeling confidence that . ., S. OC 1039 .
III Med., give mutual pledges of fidelity, exchange troth, χεῖράς τ' ἀλλήλων λαβέτην καὶ πιστώσαντο Il. 6.233; ἐπιστώσαντ' ἐπέεσσιν 21.286; π. περὶ τῶν ὅλων πρὸς ἀλλήλους Plb. 18.39.6 .
2. πιστοῦσθαί τινα ὑφ' ὅρκου secure his good faith by oaths, S. OC 650, cf. Plb. 8.15.2 .
3. confirm, prove, τῷ παρόντι τοὐπιόν E. Fr. 1073.6, cf. Phlp. in GA 206.25; guarantee, τι Plb. 1.43.5, Luc. Philops. 5, Nonn. D. 13.407; τι διότι . . Phld. Rh. 1.122S.; ἀπὸ τούτων ἕκαστα Polystr. Herc. 346p.84V.; [ τι] ταῖς Αἰσχύλου ἐλεγείαις Plu. 2.628e; μάρτυρι τῷ Νέρωνι, ὅτι . . Id. Galb. 5; ἔργοις τὰς ὑποσχέσεις Luc. Hipp. 1; πείρῃ τὸ πρῆγμα Aret. CA 1.7; φιλοσοφίαν σώφρονι βίῳ Hdn. 1.2.4; ἐκ τῆς ἀποβάσεως τὴν φήμην Id. 1.14.6, cf. Lib. Or. 11.77; τίς ἂν τάδε πιστώσαιτο, . . ὅτι . .; Opp. C. 3.355: abs., Arist. Fr. 133, LXX 3 Ki. 1.36 .
πιστόω, πιστῷ: 1 aorist passive ἐπιστωθην; (πιστός);
1. to make faithful, render trustworthy: τό ῤῆμα, 1 Kings 1:36; τινα ὅρκοις, Thucydides 4, 88; universally, to make firm, establish, 1 Chronicles 17:14.
2. Passive (the Sept. in various senses for נֶאֱמָן) and middle to be firmly persuaded of; to be assured of: τί (Opp. cyn. 3, 355. 417; Lucian, philops. 5), 2 Timothy 3:14; Hesychius ἐπιστώθη. ἐπείσθη, ἐπληροφορήθη. (In various other senses in secular authors from Homer down.)
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πιστόω , -ῶ
(< πιστός ),
[in LXX chiefly for H543 ni.;]
to make trustworthy (Thuc., 1 Kings 1:36), hence, to establish (1 Chronicles 17:14). Pass. and mid., to be assured of: c. acc rei, 2 Timothy 3:14.†
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";prostitute."; In PSI IV. 352.4 (B.C. 254-3) Artemidorus writes to Zeno—ἐν οἴνωι γάρ εἰσιν καὶ ἐμ πόρναις διὰ παντός, and in BGU IV. 1024vi. 4 (end iv/A.D.) a certain Diodemus is described as ἐρασθέντα πόρνης δημοσίας. . . συνεχῶς δὲ ἠσθ <έν >ει (see Archiv iii. p. 303) ὁ Διόδημος πρὸς τῆς πόρνη [ς ] κατὰ τὰς [ἑ ]σπερίνας ὥρας. ὁ οὖν Διόδημος ἐφόνευσεν τὴν πόρνην —and in consequence was taken to prison. In P Oxy III. 528.18 (ii/A.D.) a man quotes his sister (and wife) as saying, ὁ Κόλυβος δὲ πόρνην με πεπύ (= οί)ηκεν, ";Colubus has made me a prostitute.";
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