King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4104
Transliteration: pistoō
Phonetic Spelling: (pis-to'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make trustworthy, to establish
Meaning: to make trustworthy, to establish
πιστόω, πιστῷ: 1 aorist passive ἐπιστωθην; (πιστός);
Word Summary
pistoō: to make trustworthy, to establish
Original Word: πιστόωTransliteration: pistoō
Phonetic Spelling: (pis-to'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make trustworthy, to establish
Meaning: to make trustworthy, to establish
Strong's Concordance
assureFrom pistos; to assure -- assure of.
see GREEK pistos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4104: πιστόωπιστόω, πιστῷ: 1 aorist passive ἐπιστωθην; (πιστός);
1. to make faithful, render trustworthy: τό ῤῆμα, 1 Kings 1:36; τινα ὅρκοις, Thucydides 4, 88; universally, to make firm, establish, 1 Chronicles 17:14.
2. Passive (the Sept. in various senses for נֶאֱמָן) and middle to be firmly persuaded of; to be assured of: τί (Opp. cyn. 3, 355. 417; Lucian, philops. 5), 2 Timothy 3:14; Hesychius ἐπιστώθη. ἐπείσθη, ἐπληροφορήθη. (In various other senses in secular authors from Homer down.)