2001 Translation

ALĒTHES, alēthes

Sounds Like: ah-lay-THES

Translations: true, real, a true thing, the truth

From the root: ἈΛΗΘΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word means 'true' or 'real'. As an adjective, it describes something as being in accordance with fact or reality. It can also be used substantively, meaning 'that which is true' or 'the truth' itself, often referring to a concept or statement that is factual and reliable. In the provided examples, it is used substantively to refer to 'the truth' or 'a true thing'.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G0227 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 31:286

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 8:166
• Book 3 — 11:266
• Book 5 — 1:43, 8:312
• Book 6 — 11:225
• Book 7 — 10:257
• Book 8 — 15:407
• Book 10 — 11:269
• Book 11 — 3:57
• Book 14 — 13:340, 13:347
• Book 16 — 4:89, 10:326, 10:340
• Book 17 — 4:62, 9:241
• Book 19 — 1:130, 1:157, 2:166

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:16, 14:8, 14:25
• Book Two — 2:2
• Book Four — 3:34
• Book Five — 1:5, 2:7

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 23:1, 43:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 6:1, 7:1, 62:3, 82:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 41:32
• 4 Maccabees — 5:9
• Job — 5:12, 17:10, 42:7, 42:8
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 10:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 3 — 1:1, 1:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• John — 4:18
• Acts — 12:9
• 1 John — 2:8, 2:27

From the same root

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

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.

• ἈΛΗΘΕΑ — true, real, truthful, genuine, a truth, true things
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΣ — true, real, genuine, truthful, a true one, a real one, a genuine one, a truthful one
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΙ — true, real, genuine, truthful, of truth, truly, really
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΤΑΤΗ — most true, truest, most truthful, very true, most real, very real
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΤΑΤΟΙ — most true, most truthful, most real, the most true
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — truest, most true, most real, most truthful
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ — truer, more true, truer ones, more true ones
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — truer, more true, a truer thing
• ἈΛΗΘΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — truer, more true
• ἈΛΗΘΗ — true, real, genuine, (the) true things, (the) real things
• ἈΛΗΘΗΣ — true, real, truthful, genuine, a true, a real
• ἈΛΗΘΙΝΟΝ — true, real, genuine, a true, a real, a genuine
• ἈΛΗΘΩΝ — of true, of real, of truth, of genuine
• ἈΛΗΘΩΣ — truly, indeed, certainly, verily, in truth, really
• ΤἈΛΗΘΗ — the true things, the truths, truth

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