πίστις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πίστις
πίστεως
Structure:
πιστι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- trust in others, faith
- belief in a higher power, faith
- the state of being persuaded of something: belief, confidence, assurance
- trust in a commercial sense: credit
- faithfulness, honesty, trustworthiness, fidelity
- that which gives assurance: treaty, oath, guarantee
- means of persuasion: argument, proof
- that which is entrusted
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- α ἐλεημοσύναισ καὶ πίστεσιν ἀποκαθαίρονται ἁμαρτίαι, τῷ δὲ φόβῳ Κυρίου ἐκκλίνει πᾶσ ἀπὸ κακοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:29)
- πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ τῶν συστρατευσάντων βαρβάρων ἄλλοι ἄλλαισ πίστεσιν ἐξαπατηθέντεσ ἀπώλοντο. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 8 4:4)
- εἰ γὰρ οἱ μὲν καίπερ εὐτυχηκότεσ οὐκ ἀπολείπουσιν ἡμᾶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐμμένουσι ταῖσ ὑπαρχούσαισ πίστεσιν, ὑμεῖσ δ’ οὐ φροντιεῖτε προϊέμενοι καὶ καταλιπόντεσ ἐκείνουσ, καὶ ταῦτα καλούμενοι, πῶσ οὐχ ὃ μηδὲ λέγειν δεῖ συμβήσεται; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 11:8)
- καὶ γὰρ οὐδ’ ἐκεῖνο ἔχει λόγον, αὐτοὺσ μὲν ἡμᾶσ ὀμωμοκέναι καὶ πίστεσιν ἰσχυραῖσ διωρίσθαι ἦ μὴν ταὐτὰ φρονήσειν καὶ μὴ μνησικακήσειν ἀλλήλοισ, Λακεδαιμονίουσ δ’ ὥστ’ ἀνελεῖν ἀνακινεῖν τὴν τούτων μνήμην, ἃ συγκρύψειν συνεθέμεθα, καὶ μὴ λογίζεσθαι μηδὲ σκοπεῖν ὅτι ὁ ταῦτ’ ἐξετάζων ἀκριβῶσ τὸ πιστὸν τῶν συνθηκῶν ἀναιρεῖ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:10)
- πρὸσ οὖν Σιχῶνα τὸν βασιλεύοντα τῆσ χώρασ ταύτησ ἀπέστειλε Μωυσῆσ τῷ στρατῷ δίοδον αἰτῶν ἐφ’ αἷσ ἂν θελήσειε πίστεσιν, ὥστε μηδὲν ἀδικηθῆναι μήτε τὴν γῆν μήτε τοὺσ ἐνοικοῦντασ, ὧν Σιχὼν ἐκράτει, τοῖσ τε κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν χρῆσθαι πρὸσ τὸ ἐκείνων λυσιτελέσ, εἰ καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῖσ πιπράσκειν ἐθέλοιεν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 4 110:1)
Synonyms
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faithfulness
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means of persuasion
- πειθώ (means of persuasion, inducement, argument)
- παράδειγμα (argument, proof from example)
