ἀλήθεια
truth
‘truth’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
1 verse where G225 appears in the Nominative case in the Book of Galatians. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Galatians
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“truth” is the headline sense of the Greek noun αληθεια (alḗtheia). Scripture first uses it in Matthew 22:16. With 98 verses in 23 books, it is a moderately common word in the Greek New Testament. Catalogued under 2 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. From the same root come αληθης, αληθευω and αληθινος. See the sense tree, 98-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G225 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 98
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 98 distinct verses.
- 23 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 23 of 27 New Testament books.
- #151
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 151 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 98 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 98 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 44 verses · 45%
- Johannine 37 verses · 38%
- Gospels 27 verses · 28%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 23 verses · 23%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 6 verses · 6%
- Hebrews 1 verse · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Truth 105×
- American Standard Version: Truth 102×
- Berean Standard Bible: Truth 92×, True 5×, Truthfully 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Truth 109×, To 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G225 across 110 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G225 across 104 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G225 across 107 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G225 across 113 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- objectively
- subjectively
Word origin
Derived from αληθης (alēthḗs) (G227) — true.
From G227 ; truth : - true X truly truth verity.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 6 distinct written forms G225 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀληθείας alētheías | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine | Mark 12:14 | 43 |
| ἀληθείᾳ alētheía | Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 22:16 | 30 |
| ἀλήθειαν alḗtheian | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Mark 5:33 | 21 |
| ἀλήθεια alḗtheia | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine | John 1:17 | 13 |
| ἀλήθειά alḗtheiá | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine | John 17:17 | 1 |
| Ἀλήθειαν Alḗtheian | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Romans 9:1 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G225, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αληθεια appears 131 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 129 verses in 24 books.
- 131
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 129
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 24 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 24 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 24:27 ἀλήθεια
- Exodus 28:30 ἀλήθεια
- Leviticus 8:8 ἀλήθεια
- Deuteronomy 22:20 ἀλήθεια
- Joshua 2:14 ἀλήθεια
- Judges 9:15 ἀλήθεια
- 1 Samuel 12:24 ἀλήθεια
- 2 Samuel 2:6 ἀλήθεια
- 1 Kings 2:4 ἀλήθεια
- 2 Kings 19:17 ἀλήθεια
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 ἀλήθεια
- 2 Chronicles 18:15 ἀλήθεια
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G225) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 129. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 24:27 ἀλήθεια He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."
- Genesis 24:48 ἀλήθεια I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
- Genesis 32:11 ἀλήθεια Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.
- Genesis 47:29 ἀλήθεια The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
- Exodus 28:30 ἀλήθεια You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.
- Leviticus 8:8 ἀλήθεια He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.
- Deuteronomy 22:20 ἀλήθεια But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
- Deuteronomy 33:8 ἀλήθεια Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of Meribah;
- Joshua 2:14 ἀλήθεια The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
- Judges 9:15 ἀλήθεια The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
- Judges 9:16 ἀλήθεια Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
- Judges 9:19 ἀλήθεια if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
- 1 Samuel 12:24 ἀλήθεια Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.
- 2 Samuel 2:6 ἀλήθεια Now Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 ἀλήθεια Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you, and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.
- 1 Kings 2:4 ἀλήθεια That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 3:6 ἀλήθεια Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 22:16 ἀλήθεια The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
- 2 Kings 19:17 ἀλήθεια Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
- 2 Kings 20:3 ἀλήθεια Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 ἀλήθεια Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], "We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you." Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
- 2 Chronicles 18:15 ἀλήθεια The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
- 2 Chronicles 19:9 ἀλήθεια He charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 ἀλήθεια After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
- Ezra 19:13 ἀλήθεια
- Ezra 19:33 ἀλήθεια
- Job 9:2 ἀλήθεια "Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God?
- Job 19:4 ἀλήθεια If it is true that I have erred, My error remains with myself.
- Job 23:7 ἀλήθεια There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
- Job 36:4 ἀλήθεια For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- Psalms 5:10 ἀλήθεια Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against you.
- Psalms 11:2 ἀλήθεια For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
- Psalms 14:2 ἀλήθεια Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God.
- Psalms 24:5 ἀλήθεια He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- Psalms 24:10 ἀλήθεια Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
- Psalms 25:3 ἀλήθεια Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
- Psalms 29:10 ἀλήθεια Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
- Psalms 30:6 ἀλήθεια As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
- Psalms 30:24 ἀλήθεια
- Psalms 35:6 ἀλήθεια Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
- Psalms 39:11 ἀλήθεια When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
- Psalms 39:12 ἀλήθεια "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A foreigner, as all my fathers were.
- Psalms 42:3 ἀλήθεια My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
- Psalms 44:5 ἀλήθεια Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
- Psalms 50:8 ἀλήθεια I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
- Psalms 53:7 ἀλήθεια
- Psalms 56:4 ἀλήθεια In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalms 56:11 ἀλήθεια I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 60:8 ἀλήθεια Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia."
- Psalms 68:14 ἀλήθεια When the Almighty scattered kings in her, It snowed on Zalmon.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G225) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
