ἈΛΗΘΕΥΕΙΝ, ἀληθευειν
ALĒTHEUEIN, alētheuein
Sounds Like: ah-lay-THYOO-ayn
Translations: to speak the truth, to be truthful, to tell the truth, to deal truthfully
From the root: ἈΛΗΘΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to speak or act truthfully, to be honest, or to live in accordance with the truth. It implies not only verbal honesty but also integrity in one's actions. It is often used in contexts where one is urged to be sincere and genuine.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0227 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 10:267
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:191
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:3
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 21:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΗΘΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΗΘΕΥΕΤΕ — speak the truth, tell the truth, be truthful
- ἈΛΗΘΕΥΣΑΙΕΝ — they might speak the truth, they might be truthful, they might be true
- ἈΛΗΘΕΥΣΟΝ — speak the truth, be truthful, tell the truth
- ἈΛΗΘΕΥΩΝ — speaking the truth, being truthful, telling the truth, a truth-speaker
- ἘΠΑΛΗΘΕΥΣΑΙ — to confirm, to make true, to verify, to prove true
- ἘΠΗΛΗΘΕΥΣΑΝ — they spoke the truth, they told the truth, they were truthful
- ἨΛΗΘΕΥΣΕ — he spoke the truth, she spoke the truth, it spoke the truth, he was truthful, she was truthful, it was truthful
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