ἀλήθεια (aletheia) in John 14:6: Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀλήθεια (aletheia) in John 14:6
Textual Witness
The Textus Receptus witness for John 14:6 reads ἀλήθεια with the morphology label Noun Nominative Singular Feminine.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The predicate form makes truth personal and revelatory in John 14:6, not merely a category of accurate information.
How To Communicate It
When teaching John 14:6, use this form to show that truth is named as part of Jesus' own identity in the sentence.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for G225.
- Do not make a morphology label carry doctrine or application apart from the verse.
- Do not turn grammatical gender into a biological or theological claim by itself.
- The noun's clause role matters, but its meaning must stay tied to Jesus' statement and John's wider truth language.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the word names a person, reality, title, idea, or thing in the sentence. Context determines what the noun contributes here.
Nominative: the case marks how the noun relates to the surrounding words in this occurrence.
Singular: the form is grammatically singular or plural in this occurrence and should be read within the clause context.
Feminine: the noun belongs to this grammatical class here. Grammatical gender does not by itself make a theological gender claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή· οὐδεὶς
Jesus' answer to Thomas and the coordinated predicate nouns
ἀλήθεια is a Noun Nominative Singular Feminine within "ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή· οὐδεὶς". The nominative noun functions as a predicate in the coordinated confession, identifying Jesus as the truth.
The form does not turn truth into an abstract principle detached from Jesus' person, words, and mission.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 14:6.
Noun Nominative Singular Feminine. identifies what is predicated in the clause. Attached to the second predicate noun in Jesus' I am statement. Governed by Jesus' answer to Thomas and the coordinated predicate nouns. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.
What does the coordinated predicate say Jesus is? The noun names Jesus as the truth within the coordinated I am statement.
Direct: The form directly shapes how John 14:6 is read, especially its predicate function.
The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammar identifies the form's role; the passage supplies the interpretive weight. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.
Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. noun category replaces passage context: The noun's clause role matters, but its meaning must stay tied to Jesus' statement and John's wider truth language. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Textus Receptus witness for John 14:6 reads ἀλήθεια with the morphology label Noun Nominative Singular Feminine.
The lemma is ἀλήθεια. The guide uses the gloss "truth" only to orient this occurrence.
ἀλήθεια appears in the phrase "ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή· οὐδεὶς". The nominative noun functions as a predicate in the coordinated confession, identifying Jesus as the truth.
John 14:6 identifies Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life, and says that access to the Father is through him.
The form fits John's truth language, where revelation, faithfulness, and Jesus' own person converge.
When teaching John 14:6, use this form to show that truth is named as part of Jesus' own identity in the sentence.
Do not build a full doctrine of truth from the noun form alone. The grammar marks the predicate role, and John supplies the content.