Strong's Lexicon
G4104 — πιστόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4104 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πιστόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4103 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | pistoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pis-toh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to assure |
| KJV Renderings: | assure of |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πιστόω, πιστῷ: 1 aorist passive ἐπιστωθην; (πιστός);
1. to make faithful, render trustworthy: τό ῤῆμα, 1Ki 1:36; τινα ὅρκοις, Thucydides 4, 88; universally, to make firm, establish, 1Ch 17:14.
2. Passive (the Sept. in various senses for ðÆàÁîÈï) and middle to be firmly persuaded of; to be assured of: τί (Opp. cyn. 3, 355. 417; Lucian, philops. 5), 2Ti 3:14; Hesychius ἐπιστώθη. ἐπείσθη, ἐπληροφορήθη. (In various other senses in secular authors from Homer down.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πιστόω (assure of)
2 Timothy 3:14
- KJV: But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned
- GK: συ δε μένε εν οις έμαθες και επιστώθης ειδώς παρά τίνος έμαθες