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πιστικός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πιστικός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration: 
pistikos
Simplified transliteration: 
pistikos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4101
GK Number: 
4410
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(2a)
Gloss: 
pure
Definition: 
genuine, unadulterated, pure, Mk. 14:3; Jn. 12:3*

Greek-English Concordance for πιστικός

Mark 14:3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman with an alabaster flask of very costly anointment of pure (pistikēs | πιστικῆς | gen sg fem) nard; and breaking the flask, she poured it over his head.
John 12:3 Mary took more than a pint of expensive perfume made of pure (pistikēs | πιστικῆς | gen sg fem) nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.