2001 Translation

PISTŌSASTHAI, pistōsasthai

Sounds Like: pis-TOH-sas-thai

Translations: to make trustworthy, to confirm, to assure, to make faithful, to make sure

From the root: ΠΙΣΤΟΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to make something or someone trustworthy, reliable, or certain. It can also mean to confirm or assure something. It is used in contexts where an action is taken to establish the truth or reliability of a statement, person, or event.

Inflection: Aorist, Infinitive, Middle or Passive Voice

Strong’s number: G4102 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:73

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 13 — 6:189

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 3:93

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΣΤΟΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΠΙΣΤΩΘΗ — was made firm, was established, was confirmed, was made trustworthy
• ἘΠΙΣΤΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were made firm, they were established, they were confirmed, they were made trustworthy
• ΕΠΙΣΤΩΘΗ — was confirmed, was assured, was made certain, was established
• ΠΙΣΤΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they are made trustworthy, they are confirmed, they are assured, they are made faithful, they are believed
• ΠΙΣΤΟΥΣΘΑΙ — to be made faithful, to be confirmed, to be assured, to be established, to be made trustworthy
• ΠΙΣΤΟΥΤΑΙ — is made trustworthy, is confirmed, is assured, is established, is made certain
• ΠΙΣΤΟΩ — to make faithful, to make trustworthy, to confirm, to assure, to be assured, to be convinced
• ΠΙΣΤΩΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been made faithful, having been assured, having been confirmed, having been entrusted
• ΠΙΣΤΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be made trustworthy, will be confirmed, will be established, will be assured
• ΠΙΣΤΩΘΗΤΙ — be assured, be made certain, be faithful, be trustworthy
• ΠΙΣΤΩΘΗΤΩ — let it be confirmed, let it be established, let it be made sure, let it be made trustworthy
• ΠΙΣΤΩΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to make trustworthy, to make sure, to confirm, to give assurance, to be assured
• ΠΙΣΤΩΣΟΝ — confirm, establish, make firm, make sure
• ΠΙΣΤΩΣΩ — I will make trustworthy, I will confirm, I will establish, I will make faithful, I will make sure

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