For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ἀλήθεια
Vocabulary form:
ajlhvqeia, -aV, hJ
Definition:
truth
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
109
GK:
237
Root:
ajlhqeia
Cognates:
The girl's name Alethea means "truth."
Alethiology is the science of the truth.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 22:16 | And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), and show deference to no one, for you are not swayed by appearances. |
| Mark 5:33 | Then the Then woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem). |
| Mark 12:14 | When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that the opinion of another is of no concern to you. For you do not regard the position of men, but you truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not? Should we give, or should we not pay?” |
| Mark 12:32 | And the scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You have spoken truthfully; ‘he is one, and there is no other besides him.’ |
| Luke 4:25 | But in truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, as a great famine spread throughout the whole land; |
| Luke 20:21 | They questioned him, saying, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach truthfully and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God. |
| Luke 22:59 | Then after about an hour had passed a certain other person kept insisting, saying, “Surely this person also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” |
| John 1:14 | And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we gazed on his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
| John 1:17 | For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) came through Jesus Christ. |
| John 3:21 | But the one who does the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) comes to the light, so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” |
| John 4:23 | But the hour is coming, and is here already, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem); for indeed the Father is seeking just such people to be his worshipers. |
| John 4:24 | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) |
| John 5:33 | You have sent messengers to John, and he has borne witness to the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
| John 8:32 | and you will come to know the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), and the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) will set you free.” |
| John 8:40 | But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did! |
| John 8:44 | You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), because there is no truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. |
| John 8:45 | Yet because I am speaking the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), you do not believe me. |
| John 8:46 | Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am speaking the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), why don’t you believe me? |
| John 14:6 | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem), and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
| John 14:17 | the Spirit of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you will know him, for he will dwell with you and will be in you. |
| John 15:26 | “But when the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness about me. |
| John 16:7 | Nevertheless I am telling you the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem); it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you. |
| John 16:13 | But when he, the Spirit of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), comes, he will guide you into all truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), for he will not speak on his own, but will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you things yet to come. |
| John 17:17 | Consecrate them by the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem); your word is truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem). |
| John 17:19 | And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated by the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
| John 18:37 | Therefore Pilate said to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and have come into the world, is that I should bear witness to the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). Everyone who is of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) listens to my voice.” |
| John 18:38 | Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) And having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him. |
| Acts 4:27 | For truly there were gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, |
| Acts 10:34 | So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God is not one who shows partiality; |
| Acts 26:25 | But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but true (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and rational are the words that I declare. |
| Romans 1:18 | For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and the unrighteousness of those who suppress the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) by their unrighteousness, |
| Romans 1:25 | They exchanged the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. |
| Romans 2:2 | And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) with respect to those who practice such things. |
| Romans 2:8 | but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. |
| Romans 2:20 | a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) — |
| Romans 3:7 | But if by my lie God’s truthfulness (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? |
| Romans 9:1 | I am telling the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience convinces me in the Holy Spirit — |
| Romans 15:8 | For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, |
| 1 Corinthians 5:8 | So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
| 1 Corinthians 13:6 | it takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
| 2 Corinthians 4:2 | But we have renounced shameful hidden deeds. We do not practice cunning, nor do we tamper with the word of God, but by the open declaration of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:7 | by the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), by the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left; |
| 2 Corinthians 7:14 | For if I have boasted to him about anything regarding you, I have not been embarrassed, but just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boast to Titus about you has proved true (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem). |
| 2 Corinthians 11:10 | As the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be put to silence in the districts of Achaia. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem). But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me, |
| 2 Corinthians 13:8 | For we cannot do anything against the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), but only for the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
| Galatians 2:5 | but to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) of the gospel would be preserved for you. |
| Galatians 2:14 | But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?” |
| Galatians 5:7 | You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem)? |
| Ephesians 1:13 | You also are in him, having heard the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), the good news of your salvation; in him also, when you believed, you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, |