ἈΛΗΘΙΝΟΝ, ἀληθινον
ALĒTHINON, alēthinon
Sounds Like: ah-lay-thee-NON
Translations: true, real, genuine, a true, a real, a genuine
From the root: ἈΛΗΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as true, real, or genuine, as opposed to false, counterfeit, or merely apparent. It emphasizes the inherent nature or quality of something. It is often used to distinguish between a copy or shadow and the original or ultimate reality. For example, 'true light' or 'true God'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 4:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 11:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 9:2
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ἈΛΗΘΕΣ — true, real, a true thing, the truth
- 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
- 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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