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Lexicon :: Strong's G226 - alētheuō

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ἀληθεύω
Transliteration
alētheuō (Key)
Pronunciation
al-ayth-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:251,37

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxi. ζῶον, θηρίον.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀληθεύω alētheúō, al-ayth-yoo'-o; from G227; to be true (in doctrine and profession):—speak (tell) the truth.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G226 in the following manner: tell the truth (1x), speak the truth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G226 in the following manner: tell the truth (1x), speak the truth (1x).
  1. to speak or tell the truth

    1. to teach the truth

    2. to profess the truth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀληθεύω alētheúō, al-ayth-yoo'-o; from G227; to be true (in doctrine and profession):—speak (tell) the truth.
STRONGS G226:
ἀληθεύω; in secular writings ([Aeschylus], Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others) to speak the truth;
a. to teach the truth: τινί Galatians 4:16.
b. to profess the truth (true doctrine): Ephesians 4:15. [R. V. marginal reading in both passages, to deal truly.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Galatians
4:16
Ephesians
4:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G226 matches the Greek ἀληθεύω (alētheuō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your ‘brother’ 1,000 pieces of silver[fn] in the presence of all these witnesses. This is to compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:3 - The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just
than when we offer him sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - But I carry out the predictions of my prophets!
By them I say to Jerusalem, ‘People will live here again,’
and to the towns of Judah, ‘You will be rebuilt;
I will restore all your ruins!’
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