Definition
truth
Vocabulary Form
ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ
Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἀληθεια
Frequency
109
GK
237
Cognates
The girl's name Alethea means "truth."
Alethiology is the science of the truth.
Biblical Concordance
| John 18:37 | Therefore Pilate said to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and have come into the world, is that I should bear witness to the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). Everyone who is of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) listens to my voice.” |
| John 18:38 | Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) And having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him. |
| Acts 4:27 | For truly there were gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, |
| Acts 10:34 | So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God is not one who shows partiality; |
| Acts 26:25 | But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but true (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and rational are the words that I declare. |
| Romans 1:18 | For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and the unrighteousness of those who suppress the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) by their unrighteousness, |
| Romans 1:25 | They exchanged the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. |
| Romans 2:2 | And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) with respect to those who practice such things. |
| Romans 2:8 | but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. |
| Romans 2:20 | a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) — |
| Romans 3:7 | But if by my lie God’s truthfulness (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? |
| Romans 9:1 | I am telling the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience convinces me in the Holy Spirit — |
| Romans 15:8 | For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, |
| 1 Corinthians 5:8 | So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
| 1 Corinthians 13:6 | it takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
| 2 Corinthians 4:2 | But we have renounced shameful hidden deeds. We do not practice cunning, nor do we tamper with the word of God, but by the open declaration of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:7 | by the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), by the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left; |
| 2 Corinthians 7:14 | For if I have boasted to him about anything regarding you, I have not been embarrassed, but just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boast to Titus about you has proved true (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem). |
| 2 Corinthians 11:10 | As the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be put to silence in the districts of Achaia. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem). But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me, |
| 2 Corinthians 13:8 | For we cannot do anything against the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), but only for the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
| Galatians 2:5 | but to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) of the gospel would be preserved for you. |
| Galatians 2:14 | But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?” |
| Galatians 5:7 | You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem)? |
| Ephesians 1:13 | You also are in him, having heard the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), the good news of your salvation; in him also, when you believed, you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, |