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.
- τότε περιχαρεῖσ ἀναλύσαντεσ οἱ φίλοι καὶ συγγενεῖσ μετὰ πίστεωσ διέτασσον τὰσ δυνάμεισ ἐπὶ τοὺσ εὐκαιροτάτουσ τόπουσ τῆσ πόλεωσ πρὸσ τήρησιν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:44)
- δεῦρο ἀπὸ Λιβάνου, νύμφη, δεῦρο ἀπὸ Λιβάνου. ἐλεύσῃ καὶ διελεύσῃ ἀπὸ ἀρχῆσ πίστεωσ, ἀπὸ κεφαλῆσ Σανὶρ καὶ Ἐρμών, ἀπὸ μανδρῶν λεόντων, ἀπὸ ὀρέων παρδάλεων. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 4:8)
- καὶ εὐνοῦχοσ ὁ μὴ ἐργασάμενοσ ἐν χειρὶ ἀνόμημα, μηδὲ ἐνθυμηθεὶσ κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου πονηρά, δοθήσεται γὰρ αὐτῷ τῆσ πίστεωσ χάρισ ἐκλεκτὴ καὶ κλῆροσ ἐν ναῷ Κυρίου θυμηρέστεροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:14)
- ὦ μήτηρ σὺν ἑπτὰ παισὶ καταλύσασα τὴν τοῦ τυράννου βίαν καὶ ἀκυρώσασα τὰσ κακὰσ ἐπινοίασ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιδείξασα τὴν τῆσ πίστεωσ γενναιότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:2)
- "καταφρονοῦσιν οὖν ἁπάντων ἐξ ἴσησ καὶ κοινὰ ἡγοῦνται, ἄνευ τινὸσ ἀκριβοῦσ πίστεωσ τὰ τοιαῦτα παραδεξάμενοι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:23)
- ἐὰν ὑποστείληται, οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ. ὁ δὲ δίκαιοσ ἐκ πίστεώσ μου ζήσεται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:4)
Synonyms
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faithfulness
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means of persuasion
- πειθώ (means of persuasion, inducement, argument)
- παράδειγμα (argument, proof from example)
