ἀληθεύω
alētheúō · G226 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
-
to speak the truth, to tell the truth
To communicate what is true
ExamplesGalatians 4:16 So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Ephesians 4:15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ,
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ ἀγάπηlove 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ψεύδομαι pseúdomai · G5574 · to lie, to tell falsehoods
- ψεύδομαι is the direct lexical antonym of ἀληθεύω: where ἀληθεύω means to be true/speak truth in doctrine and profession, ψεύδομαι means to lie or speak falsely. This is a standard dictionary-level opposite.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To speak the truth, to tell the truth33.251
- In Ephesians 4:15, believers are urged to be “speaking the truth (alētheúontes) in love,” where the verb describes the act of communicating what is true and accurate.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon in secular writings ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others) to speak the truth;…
a. to teach the truth: τίνι Gal 4:16.
b. to profess the truth (true doctrine): Eph 4:15. (R. V. marginal reading in both passages, to deal truly.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.