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ἀληθινὴ / ἀληθῆ

Truthful · true (as not concealing)

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ἀληθινός G228 truthful
Pronunciation alēthinós
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ἀληθής G227 true (as not concealing)
Pronunciation alēthḗs
True to fact and reality, unconcealed; contrasts with ἀληθινός (genuine/ideal)
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What does ἀληθινὴ / ἀληθῆ (alēthinē / alēthē) mean in the Bible?

ἀληθινός · ἀληθής is a Greek word meaning "true, reliable, genuine".

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Meaning

true, reliable, genuine
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine John 4:37 · John 7:28 · 1 John 5:20 · Rev 3:7 · Rev 3:14 · Rev 6:10 · Rev 19:11 7×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 4:23 · Rev 19:9 · Rev 21:5 · Rev 22:6 4×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine John 8:16 · John 15:1 · John 19:35 3×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rev 15:3 · Rev 16:7 · Rev 19:2 3×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 1:9 · 1 John 2:8 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 8:2 · Heb 10:22 2×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Heb 9:24 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 1 Thess 1:9 · 1 John 5:20 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine John 6:32 · John 17:3 · 1 John 5:20 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 16:11 1×
28 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Matthew 22 — The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord Philippians 4 — Rejoicing, Peace, Contentment, and Gospel Partnership in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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