Strong's Concordance aléthés: true. Original Word: ἀληθής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aléthés Phonetic Spelling: (al-ay-thace') Definition: TRUE Usage: unconcealed, true, true in fact, worthy of credit, truthful. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 227 alēthḗs (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "not" and 2990 /lanthánō, "unnoticed, concealed") – true, as it accords with fact (reality), i.e. attested because tested – literally, "what can't be hidden." See 225 (alētheia). [227 /alēthḗs ("what can't be hidden") stresses undeniable reality when something is fully tested, i.e. it will ultimately be shown to be fact (authentic).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and léthó = lanthanó (to escape notice) Definition true. NASB Translation real (1), true (21), truly (1), truth (1), truthful (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 227: ἀληθήςἀληθής, (ές (alpha privative and λήθω, λαθεῖν (λανθάνω), τό 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. 41:27, where ἀληθής Θεός is contrasted with οὕς ἐδόκουν Θεούς. Cf. Riickert, Abendmahl, p. 266f. (On the distinction between this word and the next, see Trench, § viii.; Schmidt, chapter 178, 6.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance true.From a (as a negative particle) and lanthano; true (as not concealing) -- true, truly, truth. see GREEK a see GREEK lanthano Forms and Transliterations αληθεις αληθείς ἀληθεῖς αληθες αληθές ἀληθές ἀληθὲς αληθη αληθή ἀληθῆ αληθης αληθής ἀληθής ἀληθὴς αληθους αληθούς ἀληθοῦς alethe alethê alēthē alēthē̂ aletheis aletheîs alētheis alētheîs alethes alethés alethès alethḗs alethḕs alēthes alēthés alēthès alēthēs alēthḗs alēthḕs alethous alethoûs alēthous alēthoûsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 22:16 Adj-NMSGRK: οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθὴς εἶ καὶ NAS: we know that You are truthful and teach KJV: that thou art true, and teachest INT: we know that true you are and Mark 12:14 Adj-NMS John 3:33 Adj-NMS John 4:18 Adj-ANS John 5:31 Adj-NFS John 5:32 Adj-NFS John 6:55 Adj-NFS John 6:55 Adj-NFS John 7:18 Adj-NMS John 8:13 Adj-NFS John 8:14 Adj-NFS John 8:17 Adj-NFS John 8:26 Adj-NMS John 10:41 Adj-NNP John 19:35 Adj-ANP John 21:24 Adj-NFS Acts 12:9 Adj-NNS Romans 3:4 Adj-NMS 2 Corinthians 6:8 Adj-NMP Philippians 4:8 Adj-NNP Titus 1:13 Adj-NFS 1 Peter 5:12 Adj-AFS 2 Peter 2:22 Adj-GFS 1 John 2:8 Adj-ANS 1 John 2:27 Adj-NNS Strong's Greek 227 |