Strong G228ἀληθινός
true
- Transliteration
- alēthinos
- Pronunciation
- al-ay-thee-nos'
Definition
From G227; truthful: - true.
Detailed definition
ἀληθινός, -ή, -όν
(ἀληθής), [in LXX for אֶמֶת;]
true, in the sense of real, ideal, genuine: Luk.16:11 Jhn.1:9 4:23, 37 6:32 7:28 8:16 15:1 17:3 19:35, 1Th.1:9, Heb.8:2 9:24 10:22, 1Jn.2:8 Jn 5:20, Rev.3:7, 14 6:10 15:3 16:7 19:2; = ἀληθής, Rev.19:9 21:5 22:6 (MM, VGT, see word).†
SYN.: ἀληθής, q.v (AS)
(ἀληθής), [in LXX for אֶמֶת;]
true, in the sense of real, ideal, genuine: Luk.16:11 Jhn.1:9 4:23, 37 6:32 7:28 8:16 15:1 17:3 19:35, 1Th.1:9, Heb.8:2 9:24 10:22, 1Jn.2:8 Jn 5:20, Rev.3:7, 14 6:10 15:3 16:7 19:2; = ἀληθής, Rev.19:9 21:5 22:6 (MM, VGT, see word).†
SYN.: ἀληθής, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G228 appears in 25 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- true25
First verses
- Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- John 1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
- 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 4:37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
- John 6:32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
- John 7:28Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
- John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
- Hebrews 8:2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- Hebrews 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
- Hebrews 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 1 John 2:8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
- Revelation 3:14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
- Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
- Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Revelation 16:7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀληθῐνός, ή, όν,
agreeable to truth:
1 of persons, truthful, trusty, στράτευμα, φίλοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.17, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.12, compare 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26)]. adverb -νῶς, φιλεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.5)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 39.37.)]
2 of things, true, genuine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107a31 (_comparative_))]; especially of purple, πορφυρίς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.3, compare “Edict.Diocl.” 24.6)]; ἰχθύς Amph.26; πέλαγος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 65; λόγος [prev. author] “Sam.” 114)]; τὰ ἀ. real objects, opposed to τὰ γεγραμμένα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281b12)]; of persons, ἐς ἀ. ἄνδρ᾽ ἀποβῆναι to turn out a genuine man, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.15)]: Astron., true (opposed to φαινόμενος apparent), of risings and settings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 1 “Def.” 1, +others)]
II adverb -νῶς truly, really, opposed to γλίσχρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.142)]; ζῶντα ἀ. really alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 19b; ἀ. γεγάμηκε; 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 221.)]
II.2 honestly, straightforwardly, [Refs (“OGI” 223.17 (from Erythrae).)]
agreeable to truth:
1 of persons, truthful, trusty, στράτευμα, φίλοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.17, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.12, compare 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26)]. adverb -νῶς, φιλεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.5)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 39.37.)]
2 of things, true, genuine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107a31 (_comparative_))]; especially of purple, πορφυρίς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.3, compare “Edict.Diocl.” 24.6)]; ἰχθύς Amph.26; πέλαγος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 65; λόγος [prev. author] “Sam.” 114)]; τὰ ἀ. real objects, opposed to τὰ γεγραμμένα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281b12)]; of persons, ἐς ἀ. ἄνδρ᾽ ἀποβῆναι to turn out a genuine man, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.15)]: Astron., true (opposed to φαινόμενος apparent), of risings and settings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 1 “Def.” 1, +others)]
II adverb -νῶς truly, really, opposed to γλίσχρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.142)]; ζῶντα ἀ. really alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 19b; ἀ. γεγάμηκε; 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 221.)]
II.2 honestly, straightforwardly, [Refs (“OGI” 223.17 (from Erythrae).)]