adjective

sustatikas

Greekσυστατικός (sustatikos)

Strong’sG4956

commendatory

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

Translated as

recommendation1×

What it means

* 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.

Every form

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

sustatikaiu“recommendation”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

2 Corinthians 3:1“recommendation”Archenō palin heautoin sunistanarō? ē mē chrēzanō hōs tinois sustatikaiu epistolaiu pros vin ē ek vu?Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?