Lexicon pistikos: Genuine, pure, trustworthy Original Word: πιστικός Strong's Exhaustive Concordance genuine, pureFrom pistis; trustworthy, i.e. Genuine (unadulterated) -- spike-(nard). see GREEK pistis NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pistis Definition trustworthy NASB Translation pure (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4101: πιστικόςπιστικός, πιστικη, πιστικον (πιστός), pertaining to belief; a. having the power of persuading, skillful in producing belief: Plato, Gorgias, p. 455 a. b. trusty, faithful, that can be relied on: γυνή πιστικη καί οἰκουρός καί πειθομενη τῷ ἀνδρί, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 32; often so in Cedrenus (also (of persons) in Epiphanius, John Moschus, Sophronius of Damascus; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word); of commodities equivalent to δόκιμος, genuine, pure, unadulterated: so νάρδος πιστικη (but A. V. spike-(i. e. spiked) nard, after thenardispicati of the Vulg. (in Mark)), Mark 14:3; John 12:3 (for nard was often adulterated; see Pliny, h. n. 12,26; Dioscorides ( Englishman's Concordance Mark 14:3 Adj-GFSGRK: μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς συντρίψασα NAS: perfume of pure nard; INT: of ointment of nard pure of great price having broken John 12:3 Adj-GFS |
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