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Greek adjective · G227

ἀληθής

alethesal-ay-thace'

true

26 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: alēthḗs

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G227is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 8
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G227

true (as not concealing)

The King James renders it: true, truly, truth.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

alethes is rendered "true". It stands 26 times in the Greek text, across twelve books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
  • The Greek text spells it eight different ways.

The first use

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

Matthew 22:16ἀληθὴς

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's twenty-six uses are in John.

The other 15 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • true23
  • real1
  • truly1
  • truth1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἀλήθειαaletheiatruthUses109
ἀληθινόςalethinostrueUses28
ἀληθῶςalethostrulyUses18
ἀλήθωalethoto grindUses2
ἀληθεύωaletheuobe truthfulUses2

All 26, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

8 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἀληθής12
  • ἀληθῆ4
  • ἀληθὴς3
  • ἀληθές2
  • ἀληθὲς2
  • ἀληθεῖς1
  • ἀληθής.¶1
  • ἀληθοῦς1

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular10A-NSF
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6A-NSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3A-NSN
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural2A-NPN
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1A-GSF
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM

Matthew

one use
  • They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

    Matthew 22:16

    • ἀληθὴςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true

Mark

one use
  • “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

    Mark 12:14

    • ἀληθὴςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true

John

fourteen uses
  • Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

    John 3:33

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

    John 4:18

    • ἀληθὲςalethesadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: truly
  • If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

    John 5:31

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

    John 5:32

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

    John 6:55

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

    John 7:18

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”

    John 8:13

    • ἀληθής.¶alethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

    John 8:14

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

    John 8:17

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

    John 8:26

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”

    John 10:41

    • ἀληθῆaletheadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: true
  • The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

    John 19:35

    • ἀληθῆaletheadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: truth
  • This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

    John 21:24

    • ἀληθὴςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true

Acts

one use
  • So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

    Acts 12:9

    • ἀληθέςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: real

Romans

one use
  • Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

    Romans 3:4

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true

2 Corinthians

one use
  • through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

    2 Corinthians 6:8

    • ἀληθεῖςaletheisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: true

Philippians

one use
  • Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

    Philippians 4:8

    • ἀληθῆaletheadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: true

Titus

one use
  • This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

    Titus 1:13

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true

1 Peter

one use
  • Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

    1 Peter 5:12

    • ἀληθῆaletheadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: true

2 Peter

one use
  • Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

    2 Peter 2:22

    • ἀληθοῦςalethousadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: true

1 John

two uses
  • Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

    1 John 2:8

    • ἀληθὲςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: true
  • And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

    1 John 2:27

    • ἀληθέςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: true

3 John

one use
  • Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

    3 John 1:12

    • ἀληθήςalethesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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