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Lexicon :: Strong's G227 - alēthēs

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ἀληθής
Transliteration
alēthēs (Key)
Pronunciation
al-ay-thace'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and λανθάνω (G2990)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:247,37

Trench's Synonyms: viii. ἀληθής, ἀληθινός.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀληθής alēthḗs, al-ay-thace'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2990; true (as not concealing):—true, truly, truth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G227 in the following manner: true (23x), truly (1x), truth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G227 in the following manner: true (23x), truly (1x), truth (1x).

  1. true

  2. loving the truth, speaking the truth, truthful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀληθής alēthḗs, al-ay-thace'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2990; true (as not concealing):—true, truly, truth.
STRONGS G227:
ἀληθής, -ές (α privative and λήθω, λαθεῖν [λανθάνω], τὸ λῆθος — cf. ἀμαθής; literally, not hidden, unconcealed) [from Homer down];
1. true: John 4:18; John 10:41; John 19:35; 1 John 2:8, 27; Acts 12:9 (an actual occurrence, opposed to ὅραμα), Philippians 4:8; μαρτυρία, John 5:31; John 8:13f, 17; John 21:24; 3 John 1:12; Titus 1:13; κρίσις, just, John 8:16 (L T Tr WH ἀληθινή); παροιμία, 2 Peter 2:22; χάρις, grace which can be trusted, 1 Peter 5:12.
2. loving the truth, speaking the truth, truthful: Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:14; John 7:18; 2 Corinthians 6:8 (opposed to πλάνος); of God, John 3:33; John 8:26; Romans 3:4 (opposed to ψεύστης).
3. equivalent to ἀληθινός, 1: John 6:55 (L T Tr WH; for Rec. ἀληθῶς), as in Wis. 12:27, where ἀληθὴς θεός is contrasted with οὃς ἐδόκουν θεούς. Cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 266f.
[On the distinction between this word and the next, see Trench, § viii.; Schmidt, chapter 178, 6. A. Schlatter, Der Glaube im Neuen Testament (Leiden, 1885), p. 169.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:16
Mark
12:14
John
3:33; 4:18; 5:31; 6:55; 7:18; 8:13; 8:16; 8:17; 8:26; 10:41; 19:35; 21:24
Acts
12:9
Romans
3:4
2 Corinthians
6:8
Philippians
4:8
Titus
1:13
1 Peter
5:12
2 Peter
2:22
1 John
2:8; 2:27
3 John
1:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G227 matches the Greek ἀληθής (alēthēs),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:16 - And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:14 - And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:33 - He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:18 - for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom now thou hast is not thy husband: this thou hast spoken truly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:31 - If I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is not true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:32 - It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:18 - He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:13 - The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:16 - And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:17 - And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:26 - I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:41 - And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this man were true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:35 - And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:24 - This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:9 - And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4 - Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:8 - through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and true;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:8 - For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:13 - This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:12 - By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I suppose, I have written to you briefly; exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which ye stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:22 - But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:27 - and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:12 - Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and *we* also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.
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