ἈΛΗΘΩΣ, ἀληθως
ALĒTHŌS, alēthōs
Sounds Like: ah-lay-THOHS
Translations: truly, indeed, certainly, verily, in truth, really
From the root: ἈΛΗΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'truly' or 'indeed'. It is used to emphasize the truthfulness or certainty of a statement, often appearing at the beginning of a clause or phrase to affirm what is being said. It can also be used to confirm something that has been stated.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G0230 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:219
Barnabus
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:39, 2:3, 2:48, 2:88, 4:1, 4:32, 4:57, 7:17, 9:24, 10:42, 10:52, 12:9
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 1:1, 1:2, 2:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 4:2, 8:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 15:2, 17:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 9:1, 9:2
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 11:1
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:165
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:8
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:1, 5:3, 28:1, 53:2, 56:17, 80:1, 84:2, 87:3, 93:3, 94:4, 98:1, 99:2, 103:8, 133:6, 135:1
Mathetes
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 1:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 18:13, 20:12
- Exodus — 33:16
- Deuteronomy — 13:14, 17:4
- Joshua — 7:20
- Ruth — 3:12
- 1 Samuel — 22:7
- 1 Kings — 8:27, 18:39
- 2 Chronicles — 6:18
- 2 Maccabees — 3:38, 12:12
- 4 Maccabees — 6:5, 11:23, 17:11
- Psalms — 57:2
- Jeremiah — 28:13, 35:6
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:14, 3:91, 8:26
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:91
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 3 — 1:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 14:33, 26:73, 27:54
- Mark — 14:70, 15:39
- Luke — 9:27, 12:44, 21:3
- John — 1:48, 4:42, 6:14, 7:26, 7:40, 8:31, 17:8
- Acts — 12:11
- 1 Thessalonians — 2:13
- 1 John — 2:5
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
- ἈΛΗΘΙΝΟΝ — true, real, genuine, a true, a real, a genuine
- ἈΛΗΘΩΝ — of true, of real, of truth, of genuine
- ΤἈΛΗΘΗ — the true things, the truths, truth
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