Greek adverb · G3689
ὄντως
ontoson'-toce
really
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: óntōs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3689is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3689
really
The King James renders it: certainly, clean, indeed, of a truth, verily.
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
ontos is rendered "really". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 11:32But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
The first use
But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
Mark 11:32ὄντως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- indeed4
- truly4
- Certainly2
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.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling 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
- ὄντως10
The grammar of each form
- adverb10ADV
Mark
one use
But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: truly
Luke
two uses
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: Certainly
and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: Indeed
John
one use
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: indeed
1 Corinthians
one use
and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: certainly
Galatians
one use
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: indeed
1 Timothy
four uses
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: truly
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: indeed
If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: truly
treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
- ὄντωςontosadverbtagged: truly
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.