alēthinos · true

What it means

alēthinos (ἀληθινός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “true”.

Genuine, real.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Real, genuine, trustworthy.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• John×9
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×3
• 1 John×4
• Revelation×10

• Luke 16:11

  If then you have not been faithful with the unjust wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?

• John 1:9

  The true light, which gives light to every person, was coming into the world.

• John 4:23

  But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such people as those who worship him.

• John 4:37

  For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

• John 6:32

  So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

• John 7:28

  So Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, “You know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

• John 8:16

  And even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me.

• John 15:1

  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

• John 17:3

  And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus the Messiah.

• John 19:35

  And the one who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

• 1 Thessalonians 1:9

  For they themselves report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve as slaves a living and true God,

• Hebrews 8:2

  a minister of the holy place and of the true tent, which the Lord pitched, not a human being.

• Hebrews 9:24

  For the Messiah did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;

• Hebrews 10:22

  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our body washed with pure water.

• 1 John 2:8

  Yet I am writing to you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

• 1 John 5:20

  And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know the one who is true; and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. This is the true God and eternal life.

• Revelation 3:7

  And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: This is what the Holy One, the True One, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens, says:

• Revelation 3:14

  And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, says:

• Revelation 6:10

  And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, holy and true Sovereign, will you not judge and avenge our blood on those who live on the earth?”

• Revelation 15:3

  And they sing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your works, Lord God the Almighty; righteous and true are your ways, King of the ages.

• Revelation 16:7

  And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”

• Revelation 19:2

  because true and righteous are his judgments; because he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.”

• Revelation 19:9

  And he says to me, “Write: Happy are those who have been invited to the supper of the wedding of the Lamb.” And he says to me, “These are the true words of God.”

• Revelation 19:11

  And I saw heaven opened, and look, a white horse, and the one who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

• Revelation 21:5

  And the one who sits on the throne said, “Look, I am making all things new.” And he says, “Write, because these words are faithful and true.”

• Revelation 22:6

  And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his slaves what must take place soon.

And 2 more times.