Strong G225ἀλήθεια
truth
- Transliteration
- alētheia
- Pronunciation
- al-ay'-thi-a
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G227; truth: - true X truly truth verity.
Detailed definition
ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ
(ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, see Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה;]
truth (see DB, iv, 818f.).
1. Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86): Rom.9:1, al.; of religious truth, Rom.1:25, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine, Gal.2:5, al.; ἀ. θεοῦ, Rom.15:8.
2. Subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character: Jhn.8:44, 3Jo.3.
3. In phrases (MM, VGT, see word): ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας, Mrk.12:14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), Rom.9:1, 2Co.12:6, Eph.4:25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, Jhn.3:21, 1Jn.1:6 (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.).
(AS)
(ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, see Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה;]
truth (see DB, iv, 818f.).
1. Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86): Rom.9:1, al.; of religious truth, Rom.1:25, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine, Gal.2:5, al.; ἀ. θεοῦ, Rom.15:8.
2. Subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character: Jhn.8:44, 3Jo.3.
3. In phrases (MM, VGT, see word): ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας, Mrk.12:14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), Rom.9:1, 2Co.12:6, Eph.4:25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, Jhn.3:21, 1Jn.1:6 (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G225 appears in 99 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- truth96
- sake1
- true1
- truly1
- verity1
First verses
- Matthew 22:16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
- Mark 5:33But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
- Mark 12:14And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?
- Mark 12:32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
- Luke 4:25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
- Luke 20:21And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
- Luke 22:59And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilean.
- John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- John 3:21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
- John 4:23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
- John 4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- John 5:33Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
- John 8:32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
- John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- John 8:45And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
- John 8:46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- John 14:17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλήθ-εια [ᾰλ], ἡ,
Doric dialect ἀλάθεια (also ἀλαθείᾱ[Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.204); ἀλάθεα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 57, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.1 is _neuter_ _plural_ of ἀλᾱθή; _Epic dialect_ (and Farly _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to Hdn.Gr. 2.454))] ἀληθεί; Ionic dialect ἀληθείη:
I truth, opposed to lie or mere appearance:
I.1 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only opposed to a lie, frequently in phrase ἀληθείην καταλέξαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.407, +others; ἀ. ἀποειπεῖν 23.361)]; παιδὸς πᾶσαν ἀ. μυθεῖσθαι to tell whole truth about the lad, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.507; ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.17, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [same place])]; proverbial, οἶνος καὶ ἀ. `in vino veritas', Alc.[same place], etc.; ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀ. ἔπη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 176, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 469; χρᾶσθαι τῇ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; εἰπεῖν τὴν ἀ. [prev. author] 6.69; ἡ ἀ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.122, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 91)]; ἀ. ἔχειν to be true, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a42: _plural_, ταῖς ἀ. χρῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.5; τὰς ἀ. λέγειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 87, 925; τὰς ἀ. ἀκοῦσαι τῶν γενομένων 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “Ὀδυσσεύς.” 13:—Ἀλήθεια or περὶ Ἀληθείας, title of works by 5th c.BC: Protagoras Philosophus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161c, “Cra.” 391c; by 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista, “FOxy.” 1364, compare 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.11, etc.)]
I.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also truth, reality, opposed to appearance, σὺν ἀλαθείᾳ καλῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.96; ἡ ἀ. τῶν πραχθέντων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.1; τῶν ἔργων ἡ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41; μιμήματα ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 300c:)] — in adverbial usages, τῇ ἀ. in very truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120, etc.; ταῖς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.283, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 130, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.40.5, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 75.20; rarely (without the _Article_) ἀληθείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343d:—with Preps., ἐν τῇ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 183d)]; ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος in truth and reality, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.72)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ for the sake of truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 628, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 891)]; also, according to truth and nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.44:— μετ᾽ ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.4:— κατὰ τὴν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.2.46, etc.; κατ᾽ ἀλήθειον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b33, etc.:— ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1567:— πρὸς ἀλήθειαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.67, etc.)]
I.3 real war, opposed to exercise or parade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.20.4, +others; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. [prev. author] 1.21.3.)]
I.4 true event, realization of dream or omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.64, Damon cited in Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1003.)]
II of persons, truthfulness, sincerity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.55; ἀλαθείᾳ φρενῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1550, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 331c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1108a20.)]
III *)a. personified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 1, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.29, etc.)]
IV symbol of truth, jewel worn by Egyptian high-priest, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.48, 75, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 14.34)]: of the Thummim, [LXX (LXX.Lev.8.8.)]
Doric dialect ἀλάθεια (also ἀλαθείᾱ[Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.204); ἀλάθεα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 57, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.1 is _neuter_ _plural_ of ἀλᾱθή; _Epic dialect_ (and Farly _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to Hdn.Gr. 2.454))] ἀληθεί; Ionic dialect ἀληθείη:
I truth, opposed to lie or mere appearance:
I.1 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only opposed to a lie, frequently in phrase ἀληθείην καταλέξαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.407, +others; ἀ. ἀποειπεῖν 23.361)]; παιδὸς πᾶσαν ἀ. μυθεῖσθαι to tell whole truth about the lad, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.507; ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.17, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [same place])]; proverbial, οἶνος καὶ ἀ. `in vino veritas', Alc.[same place], etc.; ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀ. ἔπη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 176, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 469; χρᾶσθαι τῇ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; εἰπεῖν τὴν ἀ. [prev. author] 6.69; ἡ ἀ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.122, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 91)]; ἀ. ἔχειν to be true, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a42: _plural_, ταῖς ἀ. χρῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.5; τὰς ἀ. λέγειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 87, 925; τὰς ἀ. ἀκοῦσαι τῶν γενομένων 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “Ὀδυσσεύς.” 13:—Ἀλήθεια or περὶ Ἀληθείας, title of works by 5th c.BC: Protagoras Philosophus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161c, “Cra.” 391c; by 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista, “FOxy.” 1364, compare 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.11, etc.)]
I.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also truth, reality, opposed to appearance, σὺν ἀλαθείᾳ καλῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.96; ἡ ἀ. τῶν πραχθέντων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.1; τῶν ἔργων ἡ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41; μιμήματα ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 300c:)] — in adverbial usages, τῇ ἀ. in very truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120, etc.; ταῖς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.283, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 130, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.40.5, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 75.20; rarely (without the _Article_) ἀληθείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343d:—with Preps., ἐν τῇ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 183d)]; ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος in truth and reality, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.72)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ for the sake of truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 628, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 891)]; also, according to truth and nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.44:— μετ᾽ ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.4:— κατὰ τὴν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.2.46, etc.; κατ᾽ ἀλήθειον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b33, etc.:— ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1567:— πρὸς ἀλήθειαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.67, etc.)]
I.3 real war, opposed to exercise or parade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.20.4, +others; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. [prev. author] 1.21.3.)]
I.4 true event, realization of dream or omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.64, Damon cited in Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1003.)]
II of persons, truthfulness, sincerity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.55; ἀλαθείᾳ φρενῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1550, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 331c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1108a20.)]
III *)a. personified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 1, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.29, etc.)]
IV symbol of truth, jewel worn by Egyptian high-priest, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.48, 75, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 14.34)]: of the Thummim, [LXX (LXX.Lev.8.8.)]