What does μόνος · ἀληθινός · θεός mean in the Bible?
μόνος · ἀληθινός · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "only true God".
Greek · G3441, G228, G2316
μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν
Alone · truthful · God
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μόνος G3441 alone
Pronunciation mónos
Emphasizes exclusive solitude or singularity; theologically, God's unique, incomparable oneness distinct from all creation.
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ἀληθινός G228 truthful
Pronunciation alēthinós
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν (monon alēthinon theon) mean in the Bible?
μόνος · ἀληθινός · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "only true God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3441, G228, G2316?
G3441, G228, G2316 is connected to 110 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. only true God
Source Gloss
only true God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 110 Case pattern Accusative (77) Number pattern Singular (99)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:23 · Matt 24:36 · Mark 6:47 · Luke 5:21 · Luke 9:36 · Luke 24:18 · John 6:15 · John 8:16 · John 12:24 · John 16:32 · Rom 11:3 · Rom 16:4 · 1 Cor 9:6 · 1 Tim 6:15 · 1 Tim 6:16 · 2 Tim 4:11 19×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 6:22 · Phil 4:15 · Col 4:11 · 1 Thess 3:1 4×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:15 · John 5:44 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:4 · Matt 4:10 · Luke 4:4 · Luke 4:8 · 1 Tim 1:17 · Jude 1:25 6×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:4 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:47 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 9:21 · Matt 14:36 · Matt 21:19 · Matt 21:21 · Mark 5:36 · Mark 6:8 · Luke 8:50 · John 5:18 · John 11:52 · John 13:9 · John 17:20 · Acts 8:16 · Acts 11:19 · Acts 18:25 60×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 17:8 · Mark 9:8 · John 8:29 · John 12:9 · John 16:32 · John 17:3 · Acts 26:29 · Rom 4:23 · Gal 6:4 · Phil 2:27 · Jude 1:4 11×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 9:2 · Luke 6:4 · 1 Cor 14:36 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 4:10 · Luke 9:18 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 10:40 1×
Word Origins
μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν is built from this root:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain