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πίστις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πίστις πίστεως

Structure: πιστι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pei/qomai

Sense

  1. trust in others, faith
  2. belief in a higher power, faith
  3. the state of being persuaded of something: belief, confidence, assurance
  4. trust in a commercial sense: credit
  5. faithfulness, honesty, trustworthiness, fidelity
  6. that which gives assurance: treaty, oath, guarantee
  7. means of persuasion: argument, proof
  8. 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.

Examples

  • καὶ Κύριοσ ἐπιστρέψει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰσ δικαιοσύνασ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν πίστιν αὐτοῦ, ὡσ παρέδωκέ σε Κύριοσ σήμερον εἰσ χεῖράσ μου καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησα ἐπενεγκεῖν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ χριστὸν Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 26:23)
  • καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τούτοισ ἡμεῖσ διατιθέμεθα πίστιν καὶ γράφομεν, καὶ ἐπισφραγίζουσιν ἄρχοντεσ ἡμῶν, Λευῖται ἡμῶν, ἱερεῖσ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 9:38)
  • καὶ νῦν ἐμμείνατε ἔτι τοῦ συντηρῆσαι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ πίστιν, καὶ ἀνταποδώσομεν ὑμῖν ἀγαθὰ ἀνθ̓ ὧν ποιεῖτε μεθ̓ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:27)
  • καὶ κατασταθήσεται ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖσ ὀχυρώμασι τοῦ βασιλέωσ τοῖσ μεγάλοισ, καὶ ἐκ τούτων κατασταθήσεται ἐπὶ χρειῶν τῆσ βασιλείασ τῶν οὐσῶν εἰσ πίστιν. καὶ οἱ ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ ἔστωσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ πορευέσθωσαν τοῖσ νόμοισ αὐτῶν. καθὰ καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:37)
  • καὶ εἶδεν ὁ λαὸσ τὴν πρᾶξιν τοῦ Σίμωνοσ καὶ τὴν δόξαν, ἣν ἐβουλεύσατο ποιῆσαι τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον αὐτῶν καὶ ἀρχιερέα διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν πεποιηκέναι πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην καὶ τὴν πίστιν, ἣν συνετήρησε τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐζήτησε παντὶ τρόπῳ ὑψῶσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 14:35)

Synonyms

  1. faithfulness

  2. means of persuasion

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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