ὄντως

óntōs · Greek · Strong's G3689 · 10 occurrences

The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “clean”

What it means

really

adverb of the oblique cases of G5607 (ὤν);

How the KJV renders it

certainly, clean, indeed, of a truth, verily

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“clean”

also renders hagnós (G53), katharós (G2513), katharízō (G2511), bar (H1249), zak (H2134), châmîyts (H2548), châsaph (H2834), ṭâhôwr (H2889), yâbêsh (H3001), nâqîy (H5355)

“verily”

also renders amḗn (G281), dḗpou (G1222), alēthōs (G230), ʼăbâl (H61), ʼak (H389), ʼâkên (H403)

“indeed”

also renders alēthōs (G230), ʼăbâl (H61), ʼomnâh (H546), ʼomnâm (H551)

“certainly”

also renders ʼak (H389), ʼâkên (H403), yâdaʻ (H3045)

“of a truth”

also renders alēthōs (G230)

Where it appears

10 occurrences in the Greek text.

1 Corinthians 14:25 ADV1 Timothy 5:3 ADV1 Timothy 5:5 ADV1 Timothy 5:16 ADV1 Timothy 6:19 ADVGalatians 3:21 ADVJohn 8:36 ADVLuke 23:47 ADVLuke 24:34 ADVMark 11:32 ADV

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.