πιστικός, πιστικη, πιστικον (πιστός), pertaining to belief; a. having the power of persuading, skillful in producing belief: Plato, Gorgias, p. 455 a. b. trusty, faithful, that can be relied on: γυνή πιστικη καί οἰκουρός καί πειθομενη τῷ ἀνδρί, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 32; often so in Cedrenus (also (of persons) in Epiphanius, John Moschus, Sophronius of Damascus; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word); of commodities equivalent to δόκιμος, genuine, pure, unadulterated: so νάρδος πιστικη (but A. V. spike-(i. e. spiked) nard, after thenardispicati of the Vulg. (in Mark)), Mar_14:3; Joh_12:3 (for nard was often adulterated; see Pliny, h. n. 12,26; Dioscorides (?) de mater. med. 1, 6 and 7); hence, metaphorically, τό πιστικον τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης κρᾶμα, Eusebius, dem. evang. 9, 8 (p. 439 d.). Cf. the full discussion of this word in Fritzsche on Mark, p. 596ff; Lücke on Joh_12:3, p. 494ff; Winer's Grammar, 97f (92f); (especially Dr. James Morison on Mark, the passage cited).

πιστικός pistikos 2x genuine, unadulterated, pure, Mar_14:3 ; Joh_12:3

† πιστικός , -ή , -όν (πίστις ), 1. having the gift of persuasion ( Plat„ Gorg., 455 A). 2. (a) of persons, faithful, trusty (plut.); (b) of things, trustworthy, genuine : νάρδος Papyri, Mar_14:3 , Joh_12:3 .†

πιστικός [page 514] This rare word, confined in the NT to Mar_14:3 , Joh_12:3 , is sometimes derived (as by LS 8 ) from πίνω in the sense of liquid, but is better understood as from πιστός = true, genuine : see the discussion with interesting details in Winer-Schmiedel Gr. p. 138, and cf. ZNTW iii. p. 169 ff. where Nestle finds no ground for Naber s suggestion ( Mnemosyne xxx. (1902), p. 1 ff.) that in the NT passages σπειστικῆς , ointment that can be poured out, should be read for πιστικῆς . Abbott ( Joh. Voc. p. 252), on the other hand, believes that the word in the original was some form of σπικάτον (not in LS 8 ), and refers to Wetstein for illustrations of σπικάτον as an ointment in use among women of luxury. For πιστικός , faithful, applied to persons, commentators are in the habit of referring to the description of a good wife in Artem. p. 128 .23 ( c. A.D. 150) πιστικὴν καὶ οἰκουρόν , but Hercher prefers to read πιστήν , as also in pp. 158 .3 , 189 .17 . We can, however, supply instances of this usage from the papyri, e.g. P Mon I. 8 .2 (last quarter vi/A.D.) υἱοῦ μου γνησίου καὶ πιστικοῦ and .4 εἵλασθαί σε ὡς πιστικόν , and for the more specialized sense of one entrusted with the management of a ship, a ship-master, see the introd. to the above papyrus, and Bell s note ad P Lond 1341 .12 (A.D. 709). Cf. also P Flor III. 336 .3 (vii/A.D. ?), and possibly ib. 311 .2 (A.D. 447). In Vett. Val. p. 10 .14 πιστικοί is followed as a term of praise by ἀγαθοὶ οἰκονόμοι .

πιστικός, -ή, -όν (πίστις), __1. having the gift of persuasion (Plat., Gorg., 455A). __2. __(a) of persons, faithful, trusty (Plut.); __(b) of things, trustworthy, genuine: νάρδος π., Mrk.14:3, Jhn.12:3. † (AS)