UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: συστατικός; -ή, -όν

Related lemmas: ἵστημι

Sense 1: commendatory, of recommendation

Semantic entry: 33.345

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Recommend, Propose

Definition: (derivative of συνίστημι[a] ‘to recommend,’ 33.344: συνίστημι) pertaining to being commended or recommended

Notes: It may be necessary to restructure considerably the components in an expression such as ‘we need letters of recommendation to you,’ for example, ‘we need letters written to you which recommend us’ or ‘… which say, These men are good.’

CO2 3:1: RV CO2 3:1 · LV CO2 3:1 · Read together CO2 3:1

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OET-RV CO2 3:1

3 Oh, are we beginning to pat ourselves on the back again? Don’t we need written references for you all, or from you all, like some others do?

OET-LV CO2 3:1

3 We _are _beginning again ourselves to _be _commending?
Or not we _are _needing, as some, of _commendatory letters to you _all or from you _all?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

συστατικός

Form 1

Sense 1: commendatory, of recommendation