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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πιστός πιστώ πιστοί
Genitive πιστοῦ πιστοῖν πιστῶν
Dative πιστῷ πιστοῖν πιστοῖς
Accusative πιστόν πιστώ πιστούς
Vocative πιστέ πιστώ πιστοί

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 ἤκουσε Σήρων ὁ ἄρχων τῆσ δυνάμεωσ Συρίασ ὅτι ἤθροισεν Ἰούδασ ἄθροισμα καὶ ἐκκλησίαν πιστῶν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐκπορευομένων εἰσ πόλεμον, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:13)
  • καὶ ἀγαθοποιήσαι ὑμῖν ὁ Θεὸσ καὶ μνησθείη τῆσ διαθήκησ αὐτοῦ τῆσ πρὸσ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ τῶν πιστῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 1:2)
  • διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 12:20)
  • ἀρχὴ σοφίασ φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ μετὰ πιστῶν ἐν μήτρᾳ συνεκτίσθη αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 1:15)
  • ἕωσ καιροῦ κρύψει τοὺσ λόγουσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ χείλη πιστῶν ἐκδιηγήσεται σύνεσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 1:25)

Synonyms

  1. obedient

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