alēthōs · truly

What it means

alēthōs (ἀληθῶς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “truly”.

Really.

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. Beyond doubt, in reality and not only in appearance.

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

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• truly ×17
• have really ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• John×7
• Acts×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 John×1

• Matthew 14:33

  And those in the boat bowed down before him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

• Matthew 26:73

  And after a little while those who were standing there came up and said to Peter, “Truly you also are one of them, for even your way of speaking gives you away.”

• Matthew 27:54

  Now the centurion and those with him keeping watch over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that had happened, were very afraid, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son.”

• Mark 14:70

  But he again was denying it. And after a little while again those standing by were saying to Peter, “Truly you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.”

• Mark 15:39

  And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he breathed his last in this way, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son.”

• Luke 9:27

  But I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

• Luke 12:44

  I tell you truly that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

• Luke 21:3

  And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them;

• John 1:47

  Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and says about him, “Look, truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

• John 4:42

  And they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”

• John 6:14

  So when the people saw the sign that he had done, they were saying, “This is truly the Prophet who is coming into the world!”

• John 7:26

  And look, he is speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers have really come to know that this is the Messiah?

• John 7:40

  So some of the crowd, when they heard these words, were saying, “This is truly the Prophet.”

• John 8:31

  So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, you are truly my disciples,

• John 17:8

  because the words that you gave me I have given them, and they received them and came to know truly that I came forth from you; and they believed that you sent me.

• Acts 12:11

  And Peter, coming to himself, said, “Now I know truly that the Lord has sent out his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.”

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13

  And for this reason we also thank God unceasingly, that when you received the word you heard from us, the word of God, you accepted it not as the word of human beings but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

• 1 John 2:5

  But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God has been brought to completion. By this we know that we are in him: