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Greek a/ g:adv · G228

ἀληθινός

alethinosal-ay-thee-nos'

true

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

Concordance spelling: alēthinós

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G228is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 12
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G228

truthful

The King James renders it: true.

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

alethinos is rendered "true". It stands 28 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 16:11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
  • The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.

The first use

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

Luke 16:11ἀληθινὸν

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

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Revelation.

The other 21 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

  • true27
  • a sincere1

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
ἀληθήςalethestrueUses26
ἀληθῶςalethostrulyUses18
ἀλήθωalethoto grindUses2
ἀληθεύωaletheuobe truthfulUses2

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

12 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

  • ἀληθινός5
  • ἀληθινὸν4
  • ἀληθιναὶ3
  • ἀληθινή2
  • ἀληθινῆς2
  • ἀληθινοί2
  • ἀληθινοὶ2
  • ἀληθινόν2
  • ἀληθινὸς2
  • ἀληθινῷ2
  • ἀληθινὴ1
  • ἀληθινῶν1

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6A-NSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4A-NPM
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular3A-ASM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine plural3A-NPF
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3A-NSF
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2A-DSM
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2A-GSF
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2A-NSN
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1A-GPN
  • adjective · vocative (address) · masculine singular1A-VSM

Luke

one use
  • So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

    Luke 16:11

    • ἀληθινὸνalethinonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: true

John

nine uses
  • The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.

    John 1:9

    • ἀληθινὸνalethinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: true
  • But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

    John 4:23

    • ἀληθινοὶalethinoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: true
  • For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

    John 4:37

    • ἀληθινόςalethinosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

    John 6:32

    • ἀληθινόνalethinonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

    John 7:28

    • ἀληθινὸςalethinosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

    John 8:16

    • ἀληθινήalethineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

    John 15:1

    • ἀληθινήalethineadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

    John 17:3

    • ἀληθινὸνalethinonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: 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

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

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

    1 Thessalonians 1:9

    • ἀληθινῷalethinoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: true

Hebrews

three uses
  • and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

    Hebrews 8:2

    • ἀληθινῆςalethinesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: true
  • For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

    Hebrews 9:24

    • ἀληθινῶνalethinonadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: true
  • let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

    Hebrews 10:22

    • ἀληθινῆςalethinesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: a sincere

1 John

four 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

    • ἀληθινὸνalethinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: true
  • And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

    1 John 5:20

    • ἀληθινόνalethinonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: true
    • ἀληθινῷalethinoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: true
    • ἀληθινὸςalethinosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true

Revelation

ten uses
  • To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

    Revelation 3:7

    • ἀληθινόςalethinosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: True
  • To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

    Revelation 3:14

    • ἀληθινόςalethinosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

    Revelation 6:10

    • ἀληθινόςalethinosadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: true
  • and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

    Revelation 15:3

    • ἀληθιναὶalethinaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: true
  • And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

    Revelation 16:7

    • ἀληθιναὶalethinaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: true
  • For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

    Revelation 19:2

    • ἀληθιναὶalethinaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: true
  • Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

    Revelation 19:9

    • ἀληθινοὶalethinoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: true
  • Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

    Revelation 19:11

    • ἀληθινόςalethinosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: True
  • And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

    Revelation 21:5

    • ἀληθινοίalethinoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: true
  • Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”

    Revelation 22:6

    • ἀληθινοίalethinoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: 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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