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πιστός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πιστός πιστοῦ

Structure: πιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pi/nw

Sense

  1. faithful, trusty
  2. obedient, loyal
  3. faithful, believing

Declension

Second 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 εἶπε λέγουσα. λόγον ἐλάλησαν ἐν πρώτοισ λέγοντεσ. ἠρωτημένοσ ἠρωτήθη ἐν τῇ Ἀβὲλ καὶ ἐν Δὰν εἰ ἐξέλιπον ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πιστοὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἐρωτῶντεσ ἐπερωτήσουσιν ἐν Ἀβέλ, καὶ οὕτωσ εἰ ἐξέλιπον. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 20:18)
  • ἐπὶ χεῖρα Σελεμία τοῦ ἱερέωσ καὶ Σαδδοὺκ τοῦ γραμματέωσ καὶ Φαδαί̈α ἀπὸ τῶν Λευιτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ χεῖρα αὐτῶν Ἀνὰν υἱὸσ Ζακχούρ, υἱὸσ Ματθανίου, ὅτι πιστοὶ ἐλογίσθησαν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ μερίζειν τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:13)
  • οἱ πεποιθότεσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ συνήσουσιν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ οἱ πιστοὶ ἐν ἀγάπῃ προσμενοῦσιν αὐτῷ, ὅτι χάρισ καὶ ἔλεοσ ἐν τοῖσ ὁσίοισ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ ἐν τοῖσ ἐκλεκτοῖσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:9)
  • ἔστι σοφὸσ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ψυχῇ, καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῆσ συνέσεωσ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ στόματοσ πιστοί. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 37:22)
  • ἀνὴρ σοφὸσ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαὸν παιδεύσει, καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῆσ συνέσεωσ αὐτοῦ πιστοί. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 37:23)

Synonyms

  1. obedient

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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