STRONGS G4101:
πιστικός,
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 the
nardi spicati of the
Vulg. [but see Rev.
Wm. Houghton in Proc. of Soc. of Bibl. Arcaeol. Jan. 10, 1888]. (in Mark)),
Mark 14:3;
John 12:3 (for nard was often adulterated; see
Pliny, h. n. 12,26;
Dioscorides (?) de mater. med. 1, 6 and 7); hence, metaphorically,
τό πιστικον τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης κρᾶμα,
Eusebius, dem. evang. 9, 8 (p. 439 d.). Cf. the full discussion of this word in Fritzsche on Mark, p. 596ff; Lücke on
John 12:3, p. 494ff;
Winer's Grammar, 97f (92f); (especially Dr. James Morison on Mark, the passage cited).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Mark
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14:3
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John
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12:3; 12:3