What does πίστις · σίναπι · κόκκος mean in the Bible?
πίστις · σίναπι · κόκκος is a Greek phrase meaning "faith like a grain of mustard".
Greek · G4102, G4615, G2848
πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως
Faith · mustard (the plant) · a kernel of seed
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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σίναπι G4615 mustard (the plant)
Pronunciation sínapi
A proverbial plant symbolizing tiny beginnings that grow into substantial, unexpected greatness in kingdom parables.
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κόκκος G2848 a kernel of seed
Pronunciation kókkos
A tiny grain, especially mustard seed, symbolizing insignificant beginnings that produce disproportionately large results.
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What does πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως (pistin hōs kokkon sinapeōs) mean in the Bible?
πίστις · σίναπι · κόκκος is a Greek phrase meaning "faith like a grain of mustard".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4102, G4615, G2848?
G4102, G4615, G2848 is connected to 242 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. faith like a grain of mustard
Source Gloss
faith like a grain of mustard
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 242 Case pattern Genitive (93) Number pattern Singular (242)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:22 · Matt 15:28 · Mark 5:34 · Mark 10:52 · Luke 7:50 · Luke 8:25 · Luke 8:48 · Luke 17:19 · Luke 18:42 · Luke 22:32 · Acts 3:16 · Rom 1:8 · Rom 4:5 · Rom 4:9 · Rom 4:14 · Rom 10:17 36×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 6:5 · Acts 11:24 · Acts 13:8 · Acts 14:27 · Acts 24:24 · Rom 1:5 · Rom 1:12 · Rom 1:17 · Rom 3:22 · Rom 3:25 · Rom 3:26 · Rom 3:27 · Rom 3:30 · Rom 3:31 · Rom 4:11 · Rom 4:12 93×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 3:16 · Acts 6:7 · Acts 14:22 · Acts 15:9 · Acts 16:5 · Acts 26:18 · Rom 3:28 · Rom 4:19 · Rom 4:20 · Rom 5:2 · Rom 11:20 · Rom 14:1 · 1 Cor 16:13 · 2 Cor 1:24 · 2 Cor 8:7 · 2 Cor 13:5 58×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:10 · Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:29 · Matt 17:20 · Matt 21:21 · Matt 23:23 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 4:40 · Mark 11:22 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 7:9 · Luke 17:5 · Luke 17:6 · Luke 18:8 · Acts 14:9 · Acts 17:31 55×
Word Origins
πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain