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Lexicon :: Strong's G228 - alēthinos

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ἀληθινός
Transliteration
alēthinos (Key)
Pronunciation
al-ay-thee-nos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:249,37

Trench's Synonyms: viii. ἀληθής, ἀληθινός.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀληθινός alēthinós, al-ay-thee-nos'; from G227; truthful:—true.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G228 in the following manner: true (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G228 in the following manner: true (27x).

  1. that which has not only the name and resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name, in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name, real, true genuine

    1. opposite to what is fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated or pretended

    2. it contrasts realities with their semblances

    3. opposite to what is imperfect defective, frail, uncertain

  2. true, veracious, sincere

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀληθινός alēthinós, al-ay-thee-nos'; from G227; truthful:—true.
STRONGS G228:
ἀληθινός, -ή, -όν, (frequent in secular writings from Plato down; [twenty-three times in John's writings; only five (according to Lachmann six) times in the rest of the N. T.]);
1. "that which has not only the name and semblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name" (Tittmann, p. 155; ["particularly applied to express that which is all that it pretends to be, for instance, pure gold as opposed to adulterated metal" Donaldson, New Crat. § 258; see, at length, Trench, § viii.]), in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name, real and true, genuine;
a. opposed to what is fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated, pretended: θεός (אֱמֶת אֱלֹהַי, 2 Chronicles 15:3), 1 Thessalonians 1:9; Hebrews 9:14 Lachmann; John 17:3; 1 John 5:20. (ἀληθινοὶ φίλοι, Demosthenes, Philippians 3, p. 113, 27.)
b. it contrasts realities with their semblances: σκηνή, Hebrews 8:2; the sanctuary, Hebrews 9:24. (ὁ ἵππος contrasted with ὁ ἐν τῇ εἰκόνι, Aelian v. h. 2, 3.)
c. opposed to what is imperfect, defective, frail, uncertain: John 4:23, 37; John 7:28; used without adjunct of Jesus as the true Messiah, Revelation 3:7; φῶς, John 1:9; 1 John 2:8; κρίσις, John 8:16 (L T Tr WH; Isaiah 59:4); κρίσεις, Revelation 16:7; Revelation 19:2; ἄρτος, as nourishing the soul unto life everlasting, John 6:32; ἄμπελος, John 15:1; μαρτυρία John 19:35; μάρτυς, Revelation 3:14; δεσπότης, Revelation 6:10; ὁδοί, Revelation 15:3; coupled with πιστός, Revelation 3:14; Revelation 19:11; substantively, τὸ ἀληθινόν the genuine, real good, opposed to external riches, Luke 16:11 ([οἷς μέν γὰρ ἀληθινὸς πλοῦτος ἐν οὐρανῷ, Philo de praem, et poen. § 17, p. 425, Mang. edition; cf. Wetstein on Luke, the passage cited]; ἀθληταί, Polybius 1, 6, 6).
2. equivalent to ἀληθής, true, veracious, sincere, (often so in the Sept.): καρδία, Hebrews 10:22 (μετ’ ἀληθείας ’ν καρδίᾳ ἀληθινῇ, Isaiah 38:3); λόγοι, Rev. (Rev 19:9); Rev 21:5; 22:6 (Plutarch, apoph, p. 184 e.). [Cf. Cremer, 4te Aufl. under the word ἀλήθεια.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Chronicles
15:3
Isaiah
38:3; 59:4
Luke
16:11
John
1:9; 4:23; 4:37; 6:32; 7:28; 8:16; 15:1; 17:3; 19:35
Philippians
3
1 Thessalonians
1:9
Hebrews
8:2; 9:14; 9:24; 10:22
1 John
2:8; 5:20
Revelation
3:7; 3:14; 3:14; 6:10; 15:3; 16:7; 19:2; 19:9; 19:11; 21:5; 22:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G228 matches the Greek ἀληθινός (alēthinos),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:6 - And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 - ‘The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - Then he took up his oracle and said:

“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,
The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - So he took up his oracle and said:

“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - “And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:24 - Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:3 - “For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 - “Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - “Now a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - If you were pure and upright,
Surely now He would awake for you,
And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 - He will yet fill your mouth with laughing,
And your lips with rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:8 - Upright men are astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:17 - He may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:9 - The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 - The truthful lip shall be established forever,
But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1 - O LORD, You are my God.
I will exalt You,
I will praise Your name,
For You have done wonderful things;
Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:3 - and said, “Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:18 - I have seen his ways, and will heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to his mourners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in empty words and speak lies;
They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2 - I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
Who walk in a way that is not good,
According to their own thoughts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:16 - So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - “Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king’s decree: “Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, but the appointed time was long;[fn] and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - “Thus says the LORD:

‘I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.’
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