2001 Translation

ALĒTHEIAN, alētheian

Sounds Like: ah-lay-THEY-ahn

Translations: truth, a truth

From the root: ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to truth, reality, or sincerity. It is often used to describe something that is factual, genuine, or in accordance with what is real. In a sentence, it typically functions as the direct object when in the accusative case, indicating the thing that is known, spoken, or done truthfully.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G225 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 5:8, 21:5, 25:1, 106:12

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:70, 1:140, 1:161, 1:206, 1:306

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 20:2

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:5, 1:11, 1:17, 2:42, 2:46, 2:57, 3:13, 4:5, 5:1, 6:12, 6:22, 7:1, 7:4, 7:11, 7:17, 8:1, 8:10, 8:16, 9:29, 10:2, 10:59, 10:71, 11:23, 11:30, 12:8

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 18:6, 31:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 6:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:6, 3:15, 5:24, 21:154, 23:214, 25:223, 1:1, 17:169, 37:255, 41:288, 42:296
• Book Two — 1:1, 17:169, 37:255, 41:288, 42:296

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 8:165, 16:247
• Book 2 — 5:60, 9:205
• Book 4 — 6:105, 6:149
• Book 6 — 3:34, 5:92
• Book 7 — 5:110, 11:269
• Book 8 — 2:56, 10:243
• Book 9 — 4:72
• Book 10 — 2:35, 7:124
• Book 11 — 3:55, 8:341
• Book 13 — 10:291
• Book 15 — 5:123, 11:422
• Book 16 — 7:187, 11:389, 11:391
• Book 17 — 6:163
• Book 18 — 7:252
• Book 20 — 6:128, 8:155, 8:157

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:6, 28:11, 31:3, 33:8
• Book Two — 8:25
• Book Three — 5:4
• Book Four — 4:24
• Book Seven — 2:11, 3:24, 11:14

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 2:2
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 90:2, 96:2, 110:6, 123:8, 129:2, 131:2, 139:5

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 29:141, 65:336, 65:367, 69:385

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 7:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 12:3, 20:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 24:27, 47:29
• Exodus — 28:26
• Leviticus — 8:8
• Deuteronomy — 33:8
• Joshua — 2:14
• 2 Samuel — 2:6, 15:20
• 1 Kings — 22:16
• 2 Chronicles — 18:15, 32:1
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:36, 5:40
• Nehemiah — 9:33
• Judith — 5:5
• Tobit — 4:6, 4:6, 5:12, 5:14, 7:10, 7:10, 12:11, 13:6, 13:6
• 4 Maccabees — 5:11, 5:18, 6:18
• Psalms — 14:2, 24:5, 29:10, 39:11, 42:3, 50:8, 56:4, 60:8, 70:22, 83:12, 87:12, 88:2, 88:6, 91:3, 118:138, 131:11, 145:6
• Psalms of Solomon — 17:17
• Odes — 4:10
• Proverbs — 8:7, 14:22, 26:28
• Wisdom — 3:9, 6:22
• Isaiah — 26:2, 26:10, 42:3, 45:19
• Jeremiah — 9:5, 14:13
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:2
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:2
• Micah — 7:20
• Zechariah — 8:16, 8:19
• Enoch — 5:8, 21:5, 25:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 3 — 1:1, 1:5
• Mandate 11 — 1:4
• Mandate 12 — 3:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 9:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 3:4, 6:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Mark — 5:33
• John — 3:21, 8:32, 8:40, 8:45, 8:46, 16:7
• Romans — 1:18, 1:25, 2:2, 9:1
• 2 Corinthians — 12:6
• Galatians — 2:14
• Ephesians — 4:25
• 1 Timothy — 2:7, 4:3
• 2 Timothy — 2:18
• Titus — 1:14
• 1 John — 1:6, 2:21
• 2 John — 1:1, 1:2

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 5:2, 11:10

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΛΗΘΕΙ — (to) truth, (for) truth, (in) truth, (with) truth, a truth
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑ — truth, a truth, reality, veracity, faithfulness
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΙ — to truths, to realities, to verities
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΙΣ — to truths, in truths, with truths, by truths
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΣ — of truth, of reality, of sincerity, of verity
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΠΑ — truth, a truth, reality, certainty, sincerity
• ΤΗΣἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΣ — of the truth, of truth

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