Strong's Lexicon
G4956 — συστατικός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4956 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συστατικός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G4921 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | sustatikos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soos-tat-ee-kos' |
| Meaning: | 1. introductory, i.e. recommendatory |
| KJV Renderings: | of commendation |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συστατικός (Tr συντατικος (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συστατικη, συστατικον (συνίστημι, which see), commendatory, introductory: ἐπιστολαί συστατικαι (A. V. epistles of commendation), 2Co 3:1 a, 1b R G, and often in ecclesiastical writings, many examples of which have been collected by Lydius, Agonistica sacra (Zutph. 1700), p. 123, 15; (Suicer, Thesaurus Eccles. ii., 1194f). (γράμματα παῥ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν συστατικα, Epictetus diss. 2, 3, 1; (cf. (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 87); τό κάλλος παντός ἐπιστολιου συστατικωτερον, Aristotle, in (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 18, and in Stobaeus, flor. 65, 11, 2:435, Gaisf. edition).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συστατικός (of commendation)
2 Corinthians 3:1
- KJV: Do we begin again to commend ourselves or need we as some epistles of commendation to you or of commendation from you
- GK: αρχόμεθα πάλιν εαυτούς συνιστάνειν ει χρήζομεν ως τινες συστατικών επιστολών προς υμάς η εξ υμών συστατικών