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Strong's #226 - ἀληθεύω

Transliteration

alētheúō

Phonetics

al-ayth-yoo'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G227)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:251,37

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to speak or tell the truth
1. to teach the truth
2. to profess the truth

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 571 ‑ אֱמֶת (eh'‑meth); 3198 ‑ יָכַח (yaw‑kakh'); 4941 ‑ מִשְׁפָּט (mish‑pawt'); 7999 ‑ שָׁלֵם (shaw‑lam');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Galatians 2

Ephesians 1

NAS (4)

Galatians 2

Ephesians 2

HCS (2)

Galatians 1

Ephesians 1

BSB (2)

Galatians 1

Ephesians 1

ESV (2)

Galatians 1

Ephesians 1

WEB (3)

Galatians 2

Ephesians 1

KJV (3)

tell 1

truth 2

NAS (4)

speaking 1

telling 1

truth 2

HCS (2)

speaking the truth 1

the truth 1

BSB (2)

[by] telling you the truth 1

speaking the truth 1

ESV (2)

truth 2

WEB (3)

by telling 1

speaking truth 1

the truth 1

RAH

V-AAD2S 1

V-PAI2P 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAPNSM 1

ANT

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

BEZ

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

BGB

V-PPA-NMP 1

V-PPA-NMS 1

BMT

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

BYZ

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

ELZ

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

NA26

V-PAPNPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

SBL

V-PAPNPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

SCV

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

STV

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

TIS

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀληθ-εύω, fut. -εύσω X. Mem. 1.1.5, al.: —

1. speak truth, A. Th. 562, Hp. Prog. 15, Pl. R. 589c; περί τι Id. Tht. 202b: with neut. Adj., ἀ. πάντα speak truth in all things, Batr. 14; πολλὰ ἀ. X. An. 4.4.15; τὰς δέκα ἡμέρας ἠλήθευσε he rightly foretold.., ib. 5.6.18; ἀ. τοὺς ἐπαίνους prove their praises true, Luc. Ind. 20; τοὔνομα `make good', Them. Or. 1.4c.

2. of things, to be, prove true, σημεῖα Hp. Prog. 25: — Pass., to be fulfilled, of conditions, ἐπὶ τούτοις -ομένοις X. Cyr. 4.6.10, freq. in Arist.: — Act. of reasoners, arrive at truth, Id. Metaph. 1062a25: — Pass., ὁ λόγος -εύεται is in accordance with truth, Top. 132b4, al.; ἀληθεύεσθαι κατά τινος to be truly predicated of.., ib. 132a31, al.: fut. Med. in same sense, EN 1100a35, al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀληθεύω; in secular writings ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others) to speak the truth;

a. to teach the truth: τίνι Galatians 4:16.

b. to profess the truth (true doctrine): Ephesians 4:15. (R. V. marginal reading in both passages, to deal truly.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀληθεύω

(< ἀληθής ),

[in LXX: Genesis 20:16 (H3198) Genesis 42:16 (H571), Proverbs 21:3 (H4941), Isaiah 44:26 (H7999), Sirach 34:4*;]

to speak the truth (R, mg., deal truly; Field, Notes, 192): Galatians 4:16, Ephesians 4:15.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

We have noticed no early occurrence, but cf. P. Amh II. 142.1 (iv/A.D.) ἀ ]ληθευοντ . . ., before a gap.

List of Word Forms

αληθεύειν αληθεύετε αληθευοντες αληθεύοντες ἀληθεύοντες αλήθευσον αληθευων αληθεύων ἀληθεύων aletheuon aletheúon alētheuōn alētheúōn aletheuontes aletheúontes alētheuontes alētheúontes