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Lexicon :: Strong's G225 - alētheia

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ἀλήθεια
Transliteration
alētheia (Key)
Pronunciation
al-ay'-thi-a
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:232,37

Strong’s Definitions

ἀλήθεια alḗtheia, al-ay'-thi-a; from G227; truth:—true, × truly, truth, verity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's G225 in the following manner: truth (107x), truly (with G1909) (1x), true (1x), verity (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x
The KJV translates Strong's G225 in the following manner: truth (107x), truly (with G1909) (1x), true (1x), verity (1x).

  1. objectively

    1. what is true in any matter under consideration

      1. truly, in truth, according to truth

      2. of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly

    2. what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth

      1. in the greatest latitude

      2. the true notions of God which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention

    3. the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians

  2. subjectively

    1. truth as a personal excellence

      1. that candour of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλήθεια alḗtheia, al-ay'-thi-a; from G227; truth:—true, × truly, truth, verity.
STRONGS G225:
ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ, (ἀληθής) [from Homer down], verity, truth.
I. objectively;
1. universally, what is true in any matter under consideration (opposed to what is feigned, fictitious, false): James 3:14; ἀλήθειαν λέγειν, ἐρεῖν, John 8:45; John 16:7; Romans 9:1; 1 Corinthians 12:6; 1 Timothy 2:7; εἶπεν αὐτῷ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν, everything as it really was, Mark 5:33 (so in classics); μαρτυρεῖν τῇ ἀλήθεια to testify according to the true state of the case, John 5:33; in a broader sense, λαλεῖν ἀλήθειαν, to speak always according to truth, Ephesians 4:25; [ἀληθείας ῤήματα ἀποφθέγγομαι, as opposed to the vagaries of madness, Acts 26:25]; ἀλήθεια ἐγένετο, was shown to be true by the event, 2 Corinthians 7:14. ἐν ἀλήθειᾳ, in truth, truly, as the case is, according to fact: Matthew 22:16; John 4:23f (as accords with the divine nature); 2 Corinthians 7:14; Colossians 1:6; ἐπ’ ἀληθείας
a. truly, in truth, according to truth: Mark 12:32; Luke 4:25 (Job 9:2 the Sept.; Philo, vit. Moys. i., § 1).
b. of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly: Mark 12:14; Luke 20:21; [Luke 22:59]; Acts 4:27; Acts 10:34 (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 23, 5 and 47, 3); [cf. Winers Grammar, § 51, 2 f.; Buttmann, 336 (289)]; κατ’ ἀλήθειαν in accordance with fact, i. e. (according to the context) justly, without partiality: Romans 2:2; εἴτε προφάσει, εἴτε ἀληθειᾳ, Philippians 1:18; ἐν ἔργῳ κ. ἀληθειᾳ, 1 John 3:18 [Rec. omits ἐν; so Ephesians 4:21 WH marginal reading].
2. In reference to religion, the word denotes what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, ('moral and religious truth'); and that
a. with the greatest latitude, in the sceptical question τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια, John 18:38;
b. the true notions of God which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention: Romans 1:18; also ἡ ἀλήθεια θεοῦ the truth of which God is the author, Romans 1:25, cf. 19 (ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Evang. Nicod., c. 5, 2; accordingly, it is not, as many interpret the phrase, the true nature of God [yet see Meyer at the passage]); truth, the embodiment of which the Jews sought in the Mosaic law, Romans 2:20.
c. the truth, as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposed alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and to the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians: ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐαγγ. the truth which is the gospel or which the gospel presents, Galatians 2:5, 14 [cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 a.]; and absolutely ἡ ἀλήθεια and ἀλήθεια: John 1:14, 17; John 8:32, 40; [John 16:13]; John 17:19; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:4, 21; 2 John 1:1-3; Galatians 3:1 (Rec.); Galatians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 13:8; Ephesians 4:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 12; 1 Timothy 2:7 (ἐν πίστει κ. ἀληθείᾳ in faith and truth, of which I became a partaker through faith); 1 Timothy 3:15; 4:3; 6:5; 2 Timothy 2:18; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Peter 1:12; [3 John 1:8, 12]; ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀληθείας, Colossians 1:5; Ephesians 1:13; 2 Timothy 2:15; λόγος ἀληθείας, 2 Corinthians 6:7; James 1:18; ὁδὸς τῆς ἀλ. 2 Peter 2:2; πίστις ἀληθείας, 2 Thessalonians 2:13 [Winer's Grammar, 186 (175)]; ὑπακοὴ τῆς ἀλ. 1 Peter 1:22; ἐπίγνωσις τῆς ἀλ. Hebrews 10:26; 1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 3:7; [Titus 1:1]; πνεῦμα τῆς ἀλ. the Spirit (of God) which is truth (1 John 5:6) and imbues men with the knowledge of the truth, John 14:17; [John 16:13]; John 15:26; 1 John 4:6; ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια, I am he in whom the truth is summed up and impersonated, John 14:6; ἡ ἀλήθειά σου [Rec.] (i. e. θεοῦ) the truth which is in thee and proceeds from thee, John 17:17; [ἔστιν ἀλήθεια Χριστοῦ ἐν ἐμοί, i. e., controls, actuates, me, 2 Corinthians 11:10]; εἶναι ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας to be eager to know the truth, John 18:37 (see ἐκ, II. 7, and εἰμί, V. 3 d.); to proceed from the truth, 1 John 2:21; to be prompted and controlled by the truth, 1 John 3:19; μαρτυρεῖν τῇ ἀληθ. to give testimony in favor of the truth in order to establish its authority among men, John 18:37; ἀλήθειαν ποιεῖν to exemplify truth in the life, to express the form of truth in one's habits of thought and modes of living, John 3:21; 1 John 1:6 (Tobit 13:6; Tobit 4:6; cf. Nehemiah 9:33; ὁδὸν ἀληθείας αἰρετίζεσθαι, Psalm 118:30 (Ps. 119:30)); so also περιπατεῖν ἐν τῇ ἀλ. 2 John 1:4; 3 John 1:3f; ἀπειθεῖν τῇ ἀλ. is just the opposite, Romans 2:8; so also πλανηθῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀλ. James 5:19.
II. (subjectively) truth as a personal excellence; that candor of mind which is free from affectation, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit: John 8:44; sincerity of mind and integrity of character, or a mode of life in harmony with divine truth: 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:6 (opposed to ἀδικία); Ephesians 4:21 [see I. 1 b. above]; Eph 5:9; [Eph 6:14]; σοῦ ἡ ἀλήθεια the truth as it is discerned in thee, thy habit of thinking and acting in congruity with truth, 3 John 1:3; ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ which belongs to God, i. e., his holiness [but cf. περισσεύω, 1 b. at the end], Romans 3:7; specifically, veracity (of God in keeping his promises), Romans 15:8; ἐν ἀληθεια sincerely and truthfully, 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1. The word is not found in Revelation ([nor in 1 Thessalonians, Philemon, Jude]). Cf. H ölemann, "Bibelstudien" (Lpz. 1859) 1te Abth., p. 8ff; [Wendt in Studien und Kritiken, 1883, p. 511ff.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Nehemiah
9:33
Job
9:2
Psalms
119:30
Matthew
22:16
Mark
5:33; 12:14; 12:32
Luke
4:25; 20:21
John
1:14; 1:17; 3:21; 4:23; 5:33; 8:32; 8:40; 8:44; 8:45; 14:6; 14:17; 15:26; 16:7; 16:13; 16:13; 17:17; 17:19; 18:37; 18:37; 18:38
Acts
4:27; 10:34; 26:25
Romans
1:18; 1:19; 1:25; 2:2; 2:8; 2:20; 3:7; 9:1; 15:8
1 Corinthians
5:8; 12:6; 13:6
2 Corinthians
4:2; 6:7; 7:14; 7:14; 11:10; 13:8
Galatians
2:5; 2:14; 3:1; 5:7
Ephesians
1:13; 4:21; 4:21; 4:24; 4:25; 5:9; 6:14
Philippians
1:18
Colossians
1:5; 1:6
2 Thessalonians
2:10; 2:12; 2:13
1 Timothy
2:4; 2:7; 2:7; 3:15; 4:3; 6:5
2 Timothy
2:15; 2:18; 2:25; 3:7; 3:8; 4:4
Titus
1:1; 1:14
Hebrews
10:26
James
1:18; 3:14; 5:19
1 Peter
1:22
2 Peter
1:12; 2:2
1 John
1:6; 1:8; 2:4; 2:21; 2:21; 3:18; 3:19; 4:6; 5:6
2 John
1:1; 1:1; 1:2; 1:3; 1:4
3 John
1:1; 1:3; 1:3; 1:8; 1:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G225 matches the Greek ἀλήθεια (alētheia),
which occurs 109 times in 98 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus,

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and to put on[fn] the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

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Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

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for the fruit of the light[fn] consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth ​— ​

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Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest,

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What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice

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because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel

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that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate God’s grace.[fn]

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and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.

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so that all will be condemned ​— ​those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.

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But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[fn] God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

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who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth;[fn] I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

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and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.[fn]

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Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

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They have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are ruining the faith of some.

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instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

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always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind and worthless in regard to the faith.

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They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for[fn] the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads[fn] to godliness,

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and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth.

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For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

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By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.

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My brothers and sisters, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back,

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Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth,[fn] so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure[fn] heart love one another constantly,[fn]

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Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

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Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.

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If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

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If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

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Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.

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This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him

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We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

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Jesus Christ ​— ​he is the one who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

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The elder:

To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth ​— ​and not only I, but also all who know the truth ​— ​

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because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.

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Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.

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The elder:

To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

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For I was very glad when fellow believers came and testified to your fidelity to the truth ​— ​how you are walking in truth.

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I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in truth.

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Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be coworkers with the truth.

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Everyone speaks well of Demetrius ​— ​even the truth itself. And we also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.


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