Adjective pistikos (genuine) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Mark

14: 3While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of genuine (pistikos) nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head.

John

12: 3Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of genuine (pistikos) nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.