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ἀλήθεια
alḗtheia · Greek · Strong's G225 · 109 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “truth”
What it means
truth
from G227 (ἀληθής);
How the KJV renders it
true, x truly, truth, verity
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“truth”
“true”
“verity”
also renders ʼemeth (H571)
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Where it appears
109 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 5:8 · N-GSF
Therefore let’s keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Corinthians 13:6 · N-DSF
doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
1 John 1:6 · N-ASF
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and don’t tell the truth.
1 John 1:8 · N-NSF
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 2:4 · N-NSF
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
1 John 2:21 · N-ASF
I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
1 John 3:18 N-DSF1 John 3:19 N-GSF1 John 4:6 N-GSF1 John 5:6 N-NSF1 Peter 1:22 N-GSF1 Timothy 2:4 N-GSF1 Timothy 2:7 N-ASF1 Timothy 3:15 N-GSF1 Timothy 4:3 N-ASF1 Timothy 6:5 N-GSF2 Corinthians 4:2 N-GSF2 Corinthians 6:7 N-GSF2 Corinthians 7:14 N-DSF2 Corinthians 11:10 N-NSF2 Corinthians 12:6 N-ASF2 Corinthians 13:8 N-GSF2 John 1:1 N-ASF2 John 1:2 N-ASF2 John 1:3 N-DSF2 John 1:4 N-DSF2 Peter 1:12 N-DSF2 Peter 2:2 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 2:10 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 2:12 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 2:13 N-GSF2 Timothy 2:15 N-GSF2 Timothy 2:18 N-ASF2 Timothy 2:25 N-GSF2 Timothy 3:7 N-GSF2 Timothy 3:8 N-DSF2 Timothy 4:4 N-GSF3 John 1:1 N-DSF3 John 1:3 N-DSF3 John 1:4 N-DSF3 John 1:8 N-DSF3 John 1:12 N-GSFActs 4:27 N-GSFActs 10:34 N-GSFActs 26:25 N-GSFColossians 1:5 N-GSFColossians 1:6 N-DSFEphesians 1:13 N-GSFEphesians 4:21 N-NSFEphesians 4:24 N-GSFEphesians 4:25 N-ASFEphesians 5:9 N-DSFEphesians 6:14 N-DSFGalatians 2:5 N-NSFGalatians 2:14 N-ASFGalatians 5:7 N-DSFHebrews 10:26 N-GSFJames 1:18 N-GSFJames 3:14 N-GSFJames 5:19 N-GSF
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