Vocabulary Form
ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ
Definition

truth

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

James 1:18 According to his sovereign plan, he brought us into being through his word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), so that we would be a kind of first fruits of all he created.
James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and tell lies against the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem).
James 5:19 My brothers, if anyone among you strays from the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and someone brings him back,
1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) so that there is a sincere love for other believers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,
2 Peter 1:12 Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) that you now have.
2 Peter 2:2 Many will follow their immoral lifestyle, and because of them the way of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) will be maligned.
1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him but continue to walk in darkness, we lie and are not putting the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) into practice.
1 John 1:8 If we say that we are without sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) is not in us.
1 John 2:4 The one who says, “I know God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) is not in him.
1 John 2:21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem).
1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech but in action and truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem).
1 John 3:19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and will set our conscience at rest in his presence,
1 John 4:6 We are from God. The person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and the spirit of error.
1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem).
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) (and not I alone, but also all who know the truth) (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem),
2 John 1:2 because of the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) that abides in us and will be with us forever:
2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) and in love.
2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children walking in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), just as we received commandment from the Father.
3 John 1:1 From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem).
3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your fidelity to the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), as indeed you do walk in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem).
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem).
3 John 1:8 Therefore we ought to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be coworkers for the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem).
3 John 1:12 Everyone has testified favorably regarding Demetrius, and so has the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) itself. And we testify for him as well, and you know that our testimony is true.