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alētheia G225

ἀλήθεια (alētheia) means “truth” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀλήθεια Greek · G225 109 tagged occurrences in 98 verses

Pronunciation guide: al-ay'-thi-a Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0225

ἀλήθεια · alētheia · truth

ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, see Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה ;] truth (see DB, iv, 818f.). 1. Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86): Rom.9:1, al.; of religious truth, Rom.1:25, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine, Gal.2:5, al.; ἀ. θεοῦ, Rom.15:8. 2. Subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character: Jhn.8:44, 3Jo.3. 3. In phrases (MM, VGT, see word): ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας, Mrk.12:14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), Rom.9:1, 2Co.12:6, Eph.4:25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, Jhn.3:21, 1Jn.1:6 (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.

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How translators render G225

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
truth 61
the truth 12
of truth 10
of the truth 5
true 4
in truth 2
as surely as the truth 1
certainly 1
correctly 1
devotion to the truth 1
fact 1
in the truth 1
the belt of truth 1
truly 1
truthful 1
truthfully 1
truthfully that 1
truthfulness 1
was true 1
which 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the truth 49
truth 23
of the truth 12
of truth 9
a truth 4
in truth 4
unto the truth 2
of a truth 1
the truths sake 1
true 1
verity 1

Verses containing G225

Page 1 of 2. 98 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

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  2. Mark 5:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him the whole truth.

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  3. Mark 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

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  4. Mark 12:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

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  5. Luke 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

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  6. Luke 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

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  7. Luke 22:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

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  8. John 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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  9. John 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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  10. John 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

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  11. John 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

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  12. John 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

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  13. John 5:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

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  14. John 8:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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  15. John 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

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  16. John 8:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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  17. John 8:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

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  18. John 8:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

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  19. John 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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  20. John 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

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  21. John 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

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  22. John 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

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  23. John 16:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

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  24. John 17:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

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  25. John 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

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  26. John 18:37 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

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  27. John 18:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

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  28. Acts 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

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  29. Acts 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

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  30. Acts 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

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  31. Romans 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

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  32. Romans 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

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  33. Romans 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

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  34. Romans 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

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  35. Romans 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

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  36. Romans 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

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  37. Romans 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

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  38. Romans 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

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  39. 1 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

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  40. 1 Corinthians 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

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  41. 2 Corinthians 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  42. 2 Corinthians 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

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  43. 2 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

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  44. 2 Corinthians 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

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  45. 2 Corinthians 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

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  46. 2 Corinthians 13:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

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  47. Galatians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

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  48. Galatians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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  49. Galatians 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

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  50. Ephesians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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