STRONGS G227:
ἀληθής,
-ές (
α privative and
λήθω,
λαθεῖν [
λανθάνω],
τὸ λῆθος — cf.
ἀμαθής; literally,
not hidden, unconcealed) [from Homer down];
1. true:
John 4:18;
John 10:41;
John 19:35;
1 John 2:8,
27;
Acts 12:9 (an actual occurrence, opposed to
ὅραμα),
Philippians 4:8;
μαρτυρία,
John 5:31;
John 8:13f,
17;
John 21:24;
3 John 1:12;
Titus 1:13;
κρίσις, just,
John 8:16 (L T Tr WH
ἀληθινή); παροιμία,
2 Peter 2:22;
χάρις, grace which can be trusted,
1 Peter 5:12.
2. loving the truth, speaking the truth, truthful:
Matthew 22:16;
Mark 12:14;
John 7:18;
2 Corinthians 6:8 (opposed to
πλάνος); of God,
John 3:33;
John 8:26;
Romans 3:4 (opposed to
ψεύστης).
3. equivalent to
ἀληθινός, 1:
John 6:55 (L T Tr WH; for
Rec. ἀληθῶς), as in Wis. 12:27, where
ἀληθὴς θεός is contrasted with
οὃς ἐδόκουν θεούς. Cf.
Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 266f.
[On the distinction between this word and the next, see Trench, § viii.; Schmidt, chapter 178, 6.
A. Schlatter, Der Glaube im Neuen Testament (Leiden, 1885), p. 169.]
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