sustatikas

Strong’sG4956

commendatory

stem sustatik-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* συ-στατικός (Tr. συν-), -ή, -όν

(< συνίστημι),

1. for putting together, constructive.

2. for bringing together, introductory, commendatory: ἐπιστολή (Arist., Diog. L., al.; and v. MM, xxiv), II Co 3:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4956 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoos-tat-ee-kos'

introductory, i.e. recommendatory

Fromfrom a derivative of G4921;

King Jamesof commendation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

συστᾰτ-ικός, ή, όν,
of or for putting together, component, μόρια Refs 2nd c.AD+; opposed to διαιρετικός, Refs 5th c.AD+
2 drawing together, consolidating, opposed to διαχυτικός, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 probatory, confirmatory, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. δημόσιος χρηματισμός a publicly deposited deed confirmatory (of a gift), Refs 3rd c.AD+
II of or for bringing together, introductory, commendatory, τὸ κάλλος παντὸς ἐπιστολίου -ώτερον personal appearance is better introduction than any letter, Refs 4th c.BC+; σ. ἐπιστολαί letters of introduction, NT; ἡ σ. alone, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III -κόν, τό, deed of representation, power of attorney, Refs 2nd c.AD+; agreement to appoint a representative, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.2 = minervalicium (probably teacher's fee), Refs
IV productive, ὑπὸ τῆς φλεγμονῆς ταρασσομένην τὴν καρδίαν τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους συστατικὴν γίνεσθαι Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

recommendation1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	sustatikos	sustatikas	sustatikem	sustatikois	sustatikais	sustatikeim
object accusative	sustatikon	sustatikan		sustatikoin	sustatikain
direct address vocative	sustatikor	sustatikar		sustatikoir	sustatikair
of, belonging to genitive	sustatikou	sustatikau	sustatikeu	sustatikoiu	sustatikaiu1×συστατικῶν	sustatikeiu
to, for dative	sustatiko	sustatika	sustatike	sustatikoi	sustatikai	sustatikei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

sustatikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sustatik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

sustatikaiu“recommendation”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

2 Corinthians 3:1… sustēarō? ē mē chrēzanō hōs tinois sustatikaiu epistolaiu pros vin ē ek vu?… need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?