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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 27 times in 25 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:11 - if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:9 - He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:23 - but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:37 - for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:32 - Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:28 - Jesus cried, therefore, in the temple, teaching and saying, 'Ye have both known me, and ye have known whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but He who sent me is true, whom ye have not known;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:1 - 'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:3 - and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:35 - and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:9 - for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:2 - of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:24 - for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter -- figures of the true -- but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:22 - may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:20 - and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:7 - 'And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:14 - 'And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:10 - and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - and I heard another out of the altar, saying, 'Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2 - because true and righteous are His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - And he saith to me, 'Write: Happy are they who to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb have been called;' and he saith to me, 'These are the true words of God;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:11 - And I saw the heaven having been opened, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness doth he judge and war,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:5 - And He who is sitting upon the throne said, 'Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, 'Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:6 - And he said to me, 'These words are stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly:
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