Strong G230ἀληθῶς
truly
- Transliteration
- alēthōs
- Pronunciation
- al-ay-thoce'
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from G227; truly: - indeed surely of a surety truly of a (in) truth verily very.
Detailed definition
ἀληθῶς
adv. (ἀληθής). [in LXX (Jer.28:6, Psa.58:1, al.) chiefly for אָמֵן and cogn. forms;]
truly, surely: Mat.14:33 26:73 Mrk.14:70 15:39, Luk.9:27 12:44 21:3, Jhn.1:48 4:42 6:14 7:26, 40 8:31 17:8 Act.12:11, 1Th.2:13, 1Jn.2:5.†
(AS)
adv. (ἀληθής). [in LXX (Jer.28:6, Psa.58:1, al.) chiefly for אָמֵן and cogn. forms;]
truly, surely: Mat.14:33 26:73 Mrk.14:70 15:39, Luk.9:27 12:44 21:3, Jhn.1:48 4:42 6:14 7:26, 40 8:31 17:8 Act.12:11, 1Th.2:13, 1Jn.2:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G230 appears in 19 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- truth7
- indeed5
- surely3
- truly2
- surety1
- verily1
- very1
First verses
- Matthew 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
- Matthew 26:73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
- Matthew 27:54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
- Mark 14:70And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
- Mark 15:39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
- Luke 9:27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
- Luke 12:44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
- Luke 21:3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- John 4:42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
- John 6:14Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
- John 6:55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
- John 7:26But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
- John 7:40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
- John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- John 17:8For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- Acts 12:11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
- 1 John 2:5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: 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.)]