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GreekG0227Adjective

ἀληθής

alēthēs

25Occurrences
G0227Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

true (as not concealing)

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G2990 (λανθάνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(a) of things, true, conforming to reality: (= ἀληθινός, which see),; (b) of persons, truthful: .
Synonyms
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.
LXX: for אֶמֶת, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἀληθής appears 25 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
13
1 John
2
1 Peter
1
2 Corinthians
1
2 Peter
1
3 John
1
Acts
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

1 John 2:8BSB

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

3 John 1:12BSB

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

John 3:33BSB

Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

John 7:18BSB

He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

Matthew 22:16BSB

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.