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πίστις
πίστις
Ancient Greek
Noun
πίστις • (pístis) f (genitive πίστεως); third declension
- 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
Inflection
Third declension of πίστῐς, πίστεως
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πίστῐς | τὼ πίστει | αἱ πίστεις |
| Genitive | τῆς πίστεως | τοῖν πιστέοιν | τῶν πίστεων |
| Dative | τῇ πίστει | τοῖν πιστέοιν | ταῖς πίστεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὴν πίστῐν | τὼ πίστει | τὰς πίστεις |
| Vocative | πίστῐ | πίστει | πίστεις |
Third declension of πίστῐς, πίστιος
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πίστῐς | τὼ πίστιε | αἱ πίστιες |
| Genitive | τῆς πίστιος | τοῖν πιστίοιν | τῶν πιστίων |
| Dative | τῇ πίστῑ, πίστει | τοῖν πιστίοιν | ταῖς πίστῐσῐ(ν), πιστίεσῐ(ν), πίστεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὴν πίστῐν | τὼ πίστιε | τὰς πίστῑς, πίστιᾰς |
| Vocative | πίστῐ | πίστιε | πίστιες |
Descendants
- Greek: πίστη (písti)
See also
References
- πίστις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πίστις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «πίστις» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “G4102”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- allegiance idem, page 23.
- assurance idem, page 48.
- authenticity idem, page 53.
- belief idem, page 72.
- bond idem, page 88.
- confidence idem, page 158.
- constancy idem, page 164.
- conviction idem, page 172.
- credence idem, page 183.
- credentials idem, page 183.
- credibility idem, page 183.
- credit idem, page 183.
- creed idem, page 183.
- dependence idem, page 211.
- earnest idem, page 259.
- faith idem, page 302.
- faithfulness idem, page 303.
- fealty idem, page 312.
- fidelity idem, page 317.
- gage idem, page 351.
- guarantee idem, page 376.
- honour idem, page 404.
- loyalty idem, page 503.
- parole idem, page 593.
- pledge idem, page 620.
- plight idem, page 621.
- positiveness idem, page 628.
- promise idem, page 653.
- reliability idem, page 690.
- reliance idem, page 691.
- scrupulousness idem, page 743.
- security idem, page 747.
- stanchness idem, page 810.
- steadfastness idem, page 814.
- surety idem, page 843.
- troth idem, page 896.
- trust idem, page 899.
- trustfulness idem, page 899.
- trustiness idem, page 899.
- trustworthiness idem, page 899.
- undertaking idem, page 914.
- vow idem, page 958.
- warrant idem, page 963.
- word idem, page 987.