Strong G227ἀληθής
true
- Transliteration
- alēthēs
- Pronunciation
- al-ay-thace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀληθής, -ές
(λήθω = λανθάνω, hence primarily, unconcealed, manifest; hence, actual, real), [in LXX for אֶמֶת, etc.;]
__(a) of things, true, conforming to reality: Jhn.4:18 5:31-32 6:55 (= ἀληθινός, which see) Jhn.8:13-14, 17 10:41 19:35 21:24, Act.12:9, Php.4:8, Tit.1:13, 1Pe.5:12, 2Pe.2:22, 1Jn.2:6, 3Jn.12;
__(b) of persons, truthful: Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Jhn.3:33 7:18 8:26, Rom.3:4, 2Co.6:8.†
SYN.: ἀληθινός, real, genuine, ideal, as opposite to spurious or imperfect ἀληθής, true to fact, as opposite to false, lying, denotes the actuality of a thing: ἀληθινός, its relation to the corresponding conception. (Cf. Tr., Syn., § viii; Cremer, 84 f., 631 Abbott, JV, 234 f.; DB, iv, 818 f.; MM, VGT, s.vv.) (AS)
(λήθω = λανθάνω, hence primarily, unconcealed, manifest; hence, actual, real), [in LXX for אֶמֶת, etc.;]
__(a) of things, true, conforming to reality: Jhn.4:18 5:31-32 6:55 (= ἀληθινός, which see) Jhn.8:13-14, 17 10:41 19:35 21:24, Act.12:9, Php.4:8, Tit.1:13, 1Pe.5:12, 2Pe.2:22, 1Jn.2:6, 3Jn.12;
__(b) of persons, truthful: Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Jhn.3:33 7:18 8:26, Rom.3:4, 2Co.6:8.†
SYN.: ἀληθινός, real, genuine, ideal, as opposite to spurious or imperfect ἀληθής, true to fact, as opposite to false, lying, denotes the actuality of a thing: ἀληθινός, its relation to the corresponding conception. (Cf. Tr., Syn., § viii; Cremer, 84 f., 631 Abbott, JV, 234 f.; DB, iv, 818 f.; MM, VGT, s.vv.) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G227 appears in 25 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- true23
- truly1
- truth1
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 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?
- John 3:33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
- John 4:18For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
- John 5:31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
- John 5:32There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
- John 7:18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
- John 8:13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
- John 8:14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
- John 8:16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
- John 8:17It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
- John 8:26I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
- John 10:41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
- John 19:35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
- John 21:24This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
- Acts 12:9And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
- Romans 3:4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
- Titus 1:13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀληθ-ής [ᾰ],
Doric dialect ἀλᾱθής, ές, (λήθω, ={λανθάνω}: ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ λήθῃ ὑποπῖπτον[Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 62.51))]:—unconcealed, so true, real, opposed to false, apparent:
I [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, opposed to ψευδής,in phrases ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι, εἰπεῖν, ἀγορεύειν, ἀληθὲς ἐνισπεῖν, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.382, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.254, 3.254, 247, +others; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and _Attic dialect_ τὸ ἀληθές, by Trag. crasis τἀληθές, _Ionic dialect_ τὠληθές (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.68, 69), or τὰ ἀληθῆ, by crasis τἀληθῆ, etc.)]; ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ χρᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, etc.; οἱ ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ βασιλέες 1.120; ἀληθεστάτη πρόφασις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23.)]
I.2 of persons, etc., truthful, honest (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, see below), ἀ. νόος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.92; κατήγορος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 439; κριτής 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56)]; οἶνος ἀ. `in vino veritas', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217e; ὁ μέσος ἀ. τις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1108a20.)]
I.3 of oracles, true, unerring, ἀλαθέα μαντίων θῶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.6, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 993, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1537)]; of dreams, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 710.)]
II of qualities or events, true, real, φίλος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 424; ἀ. τὸ πραχθέν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6)]; genuine, ἀ. εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνόν, οὐ κενόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 596.)]
II.2 realizing itself, coming to fulfilment, ἀρά[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 944.)]
III adverb ἀληθῶς, Ionic dialect -θέως, truly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.1, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 315, etc.)]
III.b actually, in reality, γένος τόδε Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 585; ἀ. οὐδὲν ἐξῃκασμένα [prev. author] “Ag.” 1244, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22, etc.)]; τὴν ἀ. μουσικήν (i.e. οὖσαν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 209.6:)] —ὡς ἀ. in the true way, really, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 739, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63a, etc.; ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὡς ἀ. μήτηρ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.149)]: comparative -εστέρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 347e,)] -έστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.1.)]
III.2 neuter as adverb, proparoxytone ἄληθε; indeed? really? ironically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 350, “Ant.” 758, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 241, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 840, “Av.” 174.)]
III.3 τὸ ἀληθές truly, Ionic dialect τὠληθές[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.70.)]
B not forgetting, careful, γυνὴ χερνῆτις ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.433, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 24.233)]:—the sense honest is post- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] ἀληθ-ίζω, dye with genuine purple, [Refs (PHolm. 18.6.)]
B.II middle -ίζομαι, ={ἀληθεύω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136, 3.72, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.230b, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.39, 59.)]
Doric dialect ἀλᾱθής, ές, (λήθω, ={λανθάνω}: ἀληθὲς τὸ μὴ λήθῃ ὑποπῖπτον[Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 62.51))]:—unconcealed, so true, real, opposed to false, apparent:
I [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, opposed to ψευδής,in phrases ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι, εἰπεῖν, ἀγορεύειν, ἀληθὲς ἐνισπεῖν, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.382, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.254, 3.254, 247, +others; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and _Attic dialect_ τὸ ἀληθές, by Trag. crasis τἀληθές, _Ionic dialect_ τὠληθές (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.68, 69), or τὰ ἀληθῆ, by crasis τἀληθῆ, etc.)]; ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ χρᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, etc.; οἱ ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ βασιλέες 1.120; ἀληθεστάτη πρόφασις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23.)]
I.2 of persons, etc., truthful, honest (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, see below), ἀ. νόος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.92; κατήγορος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 439; κριτής 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56)]; οἶνος ἀ. `in vino veritas', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217e; ὁ μέσος ἀ. τις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1108a20.)]
I.3 of oracles, true, unerring, ἀλαθέα μαντίων θῶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.6, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 993, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1537)]; of dreams, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 710.)]
II of qualities or events, true, real, φίλος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 424; ἀ. τὸ πραχθέν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6)]; genuine, ἀ. εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνόν, οὐ κενόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 596.)]
II.2 realizing itself, coming to fulfilment, ἀρά[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 944.)]
III adverb ἀληθῶς, Ionic dialect -θέως, truly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.1, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 315, etc.)]
III.b actually, in reality, γένος τόδε Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 585; ἀ. οὐδὲν ἐξῃκασμένα [prev. author] “Ag.” 1244, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22, etc.)]; τὴν ἀ. μουσικήν (i.e. οὖσαν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 209.6:)] —ὡς ἀ. in the true way, really, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 739, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63a, etc.; ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὡς ἀ. μήτηρ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.149)]: comparative -εστέρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 347e,)] -έστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.1.)]
III.2 neuter as adverb, proparoxytone ἄληθε; indeed? really? ironically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 350, “Ant.” 758, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 241, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 840, “Av.” 174.)]
III.3 τὸ ἀληθές truly, Ionic dialect τὠληθές[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.70.)]
B not forgetting, careful, γυνὴ χερνῆτις ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.433, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 24.233)]:—the sense honest is post- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] ἀληθ-ίζω, dye with genuine purple, [Refs (PHolm. 18.6.)]
B.II middle -ίζομαι, ={ἀληθεύω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136, 3.72, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.230b, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.39, 59.)]