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. 3. In phrases (MM, VGT, see word): ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας, Mrk.12:14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), Rom.9:1, 2Co.12:6, Eph.4:25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, Jhn.3:21, 1Jn.1:6 (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.). (AS)
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G225 — ἀλήθεια
alētheia · truth · Greek
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Matthew 22:16 · ἀληθείᾳThey 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.Mark 5:33 · ἀλήθειαν.¶Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him the whole truth.Mark 12:14 · ἀληθείας“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 12:32 · ἀληθείας“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,Luke 4:25 · ἀληθείαςBut I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.Luke 20:21 · ἀληθείας“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.Luke 22:59 · ἀληθείαςAbout an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”John 1:14 · ἀληθείας.¶The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.John 1:17 · ἀλήθειαFor the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.John 3:21 · ἀλήθειανBut whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”John 4:23 · ἀληθείᾳ·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 4:24 · ἀληθείᾳGod is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”John 5:33 · ἀληθείᾳ·You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.John 8:32 · ἀλήθειαν, · ἀλήθειαThen you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”John 8:40 · ἀλήθειανBut now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.John 8:44 · ἀληθείᾳ · ἀλήθειαYou belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.John 8:45 · ἀλήθειανBut because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!John 8:46 · ἀλήθειανWhich of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?John 14:6 · ἀλήθειαJesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.John 14:17 · ἀληθείας,the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.John 15:26 · ἀληθείαςWhen the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.John 16:7 · ἀλήθειανBut I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.John 16:13 · ἀληθείας, · ἀληθείᾳHowever, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.John 17:17 · ἀληθείᾳ · ἀλήθειάSanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.John 17:19 · ἀληθείᾳ.For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.John 18:37 · ἀληθείᾳ. · ἀληθείας“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”John 18:38 · ἀλήθεια;“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.Acts 4:27 · ἀληθείαςIn fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.Acts 10:34 · ἀληθείαςThen Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,Acts 26:25 · ἀληθείαςBut Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.Romans 1:18 · ἀλήθειανThe wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.Romans 1:25 · ἀλήθειανThey exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.Romans 2:2 · ἀλήθειανAnd we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.Romans 2:8 · ἀληθείᾳ,But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.Romans 2:20 · ἀληθείαςan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—Romans 3:7 · ἀλήθειαHowever, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?Romans 9:1 · ἈλήθειανI speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.Romans 15:8 · ἀληθείαςFor I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,1 Corinthians 5:8 · ἀληθείας.¶Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.1 Corinthians 13:6 · ἀληθείᾳ,Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.2 Corinthians 4:2 · ἀληθείαςInstead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.2 Corinthians 6:7 · ἀληθείας,in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;2 Corinthians 7:14 · ἀληθείᾳ · ἀλήθειαIndeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.2 Corinthians 11:10 · ἀλήθειαAs surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.2 Corinthians 12:6 · ἀλήθειανEven if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,2 Corinthians 13:8 · ἀληθείας · ἀληθείας.For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.Galatians 2:5 · ἀλήθειαWe did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.Galatians 2:14 · ἀλήθειανWhen I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”Galatians 5:7 · ἀληθείᾳYou were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?Ephesians 1:13 · ἀληθείας,And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,Ephesians 4:21 · ἀλήθειαSurely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—Ephesians 4:24 · ἀληθείας.¶and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Ephesians 4:25 · ἀλήθειανTherefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.Ephesians 5:9 · ἀληθείᾳ,for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.Ephesians 6:14 · ἀληθείᾳStand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,Philippians 1:18 · ἀληθείᾳWhat then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,Colossians 1:5 · ἀληθείαςthe faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospelColossians 1:6 · ἀληθείᾳ,that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.2 Thessalonians 2:10 · ἀληθείαςand with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.2 Thessalonians 2:12 · ἀληθείᾳin order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.2 Thessalonians 2:13 · ἀληθείας,But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.1 Timothy 2:4 · ἀληθείαςwho wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.1 Timothy 2:7 · ἀλήθειαν · ἀληθείᾳ.¶For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.1 Timothy 3:15 · ἀληθείας.¶in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.1 Timothy 4:3 · ἀλήθειαν.They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.1 Timothy 6:5 · ἀληθείας,and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.2 Timothy 2:15 · ἀληθείας.¶Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.2 Timothy 2:18 · ἀλήθειανwho have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.2 Timothy 2:25 · ἀληθείας,He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.2 Timothy 3:7 · ἀληθείαςwho are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.2 Timothy 3:8 · ἀληθείᾳ,Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.2 Timothy 4:4 · ἀληθείαςSo they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.Titus 1:1 · ἀληθείαςPaul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,Titus 1:14 · ἀλήθειαν.¶and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.Hebrews 10:26 · ἀληθείαςIf we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,James 1:18 · ἀληθείας,He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.James 3:14 · ἀληθείας.But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.James 5:19 · ἀληθείαςMy brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,1 Peter 1:22 · ἀληθείαςSince you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.2 Peter 1:12 · ἀληθείᾳ.Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.2 Peter 2:2 · ἀληθείαςMany will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.1 John 1:6 · ἀλήθειαν·If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.1 John 1:8 · ἀλήθειαIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.1 John 2:4 · ἀλήθειαIf anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.1 John 2:21 · ἀλήθειαν · ἀληθείαςI have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.1 John 3:18 · ἀληθείᾳ.Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.1 John 3:19 · ἀληθείαςAnd by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:1 John 4:6 · ἀληθείαςWe are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.1 John 5:6 · ἀλήθεια·This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.2 John 1:1 · ἀληθείᾳ, · ἀλήθειαν,The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—2 John 1:2 · ἀλήθειανbecause of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:2 John 1:3 · ἀληθείᾳGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.2 John 1:4 · ἀληθείᾳI was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.3 John 1:1 · ἀληθείᾳ.The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:3 John 1:3 · ἀληθείᾳ, · ἀληθείᾳFor I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.3 John 1:4 · ἀληθείᾳI have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.3 John 1:8 · ἀληθείᾳ.¶Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.3 John 1:12 · ἀληθείας·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.