2001 Translation

ALĒTHEIA, alētheia

Sounds Like: ah-lay-THEY-ah

Translations: truth, a truth, reality, veracity, faithfulness

From the root: ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to truth, not merely as an abstract concept, but often as a quality of being or action, indicating sincerity, reality, or faithfulness. It can be used to describe something that is factual, genuine, or reliable. For example, one might speak of 'the truth of God' or 'walking in truth'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G225 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 11:2

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:260

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:20, 2:60, 4:67, 6:8, 10:19, 10:76, 11:20

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 19:1, 35:2, 60:4, 62:2, 63:1

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 6:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 11 — 3:36, 3:56
• Book 14 — 4:68
• Book 16 — 11:376
• Book 17 — 5:118
• Book 19 — 1:128

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:10

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 73:4

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:367

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 2:1, 4:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judges — 9:15, 9:16, 9:19
• 1 Samuel — 12:24
• 1 Kings — 2:4, 3:6
• 2 Kings — 19:17, 20:3
• 1 Chronicles — 12:17
• 2 Chronicles — 19:9
• Ezra (Alpha) — 3:12, 4:35, 4:37, 4:38, 4:41
• Tobit — 3:2, 3:2, 3:5, 14:7, 14:7, 14:9
• 1 Maccabees — 7:18
• Psalms — 5:10, 24:10, 25:3, 35:6, 39:12, 53:7, 56:11, 68:14, 84:11, 84:12, 85:11, 88:3, 88:9, 88:15, 88:25, 88:34, 88:50, 90:4, 95:13, 99:5, 107:5, 110:7, 110:8, 113:9, 116:2, 118:75, 118:86, 118:90, 118:142, 118:151, 118:160, 137:2, 142:1, 144:18
• Psalms of Solomon — 3:7, 6:9, 10:4, 14:1, 15:3
• Odes — 9:28
• Proverbs — 20:22, 28:6, 29:14
• Job — 23:7
• Sirach — 4:25, 7:20, 27:9, 37:15
• Isaiah — 10:20, 11:5, 59:14, 59:15
• Jeremiah — 33:15
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:27, 3:28, 9:13
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:28
• Hosea — 4:1
• Zechariah — 8:8
• Enoch — 11:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 3 — 1:1
• Mandate 8 — 1:9

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 15:2, 25:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 22:16
• John — 1:17, 4:23, 4:24, 5:33, 8:32, 8:44, 14:6, 16:13, 17:17, 17:19, 18:37, 18:38
• Romans — 2:8, 3:7
• 1 Corinthians — 13:6
• 2 Corinthians — 7:14, 11:10
• Galatians — 2:5, 5:7
• Ephesians — 4:21, 5:9, 6:14
• Philippians — 1:18
• Colossians — 1:6
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:12
• 1 Timothy — 2:7
• 2 Timothy — 3:8
• 2 Peter — 1:12
• 1 John — 1:8, 2:4, 3:18, 5:6
• 2 John — 1:1, 1:3, 1:4
• 3 John — 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 1:8

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
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΙ — to truths, to realities, to verities
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΙΣ — to truths, in truths, with truths, by truths
• ἈΛΗΘΕΙΑΝ — truth, a truth
• 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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