Word Study · Strong's G226 · Greek
ἀληθεύω
aletheuo
al-ayth-yoo'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: alētheúō
“to be true (in doctrine and profession)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be true (in doctrine and profession)
Rendered in the KJV as
speak (tell) the truth.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἀληθεύοντες1
- ἀληθεύων1
How it is rendered · 2
- Speaking the truth1
- speaking truth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PAP-NPM · 1
- V-PAP-NSM · 1
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Where this word lives
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