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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 ἀναστήσω ἐμαυτῷ ἱερέα πιστόν, ὃσ πάντα τὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ μου ποιήσει. καὶ οἰκοδομήσω αὐτῷ οἶκον πιστόν, καὶ διελεύσεται ἀνώπιον χριστοῦ μου πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:35)
  • ἆρον δὴ τὸ ἀνόμημα τῆσ δούλησ σου, ὅτι ποιῶν ποιήσει Κύριοσ τῷ κυρίῳ μου οἶκον πιστόν, ὅτι πόλεμον κυρίου μου ὁ Κύριοσ πολεμεῖ, καὶ κακία οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ πώποτε. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:28)
  • καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν φυλάξῃσ πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἐντείλωμαί σοι, καὶ πορευθῇσ ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ μου καὶ ποιήσῃσ τὸ εὐθὲσ ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ τὰσ ἐντολάσ μου, καθὼσ ἐποίησε Δαυὶδ ὁ δοῦλόσ μου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ καὶ οἰκοδομήσω σοι οἶκον πιστόν, καθὼσ ᾠκοδόμησα τῷ Δαυὶδ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 11:34)
  • καὶ ἐπέλεξεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ τὸν Βακχίδην τῶν φίλων τοῦ βασιλέωσ κυριεύοντα ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ μέγαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ καὶ πιστὸν τῷ βασιλεῖ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 7:8)

Synonyms

  1. obedient

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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