Truth
ἀλήθειαStrong’s G0225alētheia
Appears in 99 verses of the New Testament
In short
Alētheia is the Greek word usually translated “truth”. It appears in 99 verses of the New Testament.
“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”
Meaning
Usually translated “truth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- truth 87
- of truth 17
- in truth 3
- a truth 2
- to truth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 20
- Romans 8
- 1 John 8
- 2 Corinthians 6
- Ephesians 6
- 2 Timothy 6
23 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 2:12In contextThat they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13In contextBut we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
- 1 Timothy 2:4In contextWho will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
- 1 Timothy 2:7In contextWhereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
- 1 Timothy 3:15In contextBut if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- 1 Timothy 4:3In contextForbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
All 99 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἀλήθεια alētheia · truth
ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, see Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה ;] truth (see DB, iv, 818f.). 1. Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86): Rom.9:1, al.; of religious truth, Rom.1:25, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine, Gal.2:5, al.; ἀ. θεοῦ, Rom.15:8. 2. Subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character: Jhn.8:44, 3Jo.3. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “truth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRUTH, noun
- Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be.“My mouth shall speak truth” Proverbs 8:7“Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth” John 17:17
- True state of facts or things.
- Conformity of words to thoughts, which is called moral truth
- Veracity; purity from falsehood; practice of speaking truth; habitual disposition to speak truth; as when we say, a man is a man of truth
All definitions
- Correct opinion.
- Fidelity; constancy.
- Honesty; virtue.
- Exactness; conformity to rule.
- Real fact of just principle; real state of things.
- Sincerity.“God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship in spirit and in truth” John 4:24
- The truth of God, is his veracity and faithfulness. Psalms 71:22“I have walked in thy truth” Psalms 26:3
- Jesus Christ is called the truth John 14.
- It is sometimes used by way of concession.“She said, truth Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crums--” Matthew 15:27
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.