Word study · Greek
alētheia
truth
Say it: al-AY-thay-ah (approximate)
ἀλήθεια
What it means
Truth, reality, and faithfulness. In John, truth is a person's reliability and what is real as opposed to shadow: Jesus is "full of grace and truth" (1:14), says "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (14:6), and the Spirit is the "Spirit of truth" (14:17).
Range of meaning
- TruthWhat is real.
- FaithfulnessReliability.
In John
- Chapter 1
"Full of grace and truth" (1:14, 1:17).
- Chapter 4
"In spirit and truth" (4:23-24).
- Chapter 8
"You will know the truth" (8:32, 8:40, 8:44-46).
- Chapter 14
"The Spirit of truth" (14:6, 14:17).
- Chapter 17
"Your word is truth" (17:17-19).
- Chapter 18
"That I should testify to the truth" (18:37-38).
Every verse (20)
- John 1:14
- John 1:17
- John 3:21
- John 4:23
- John 4:24
- John 5:33
- John 8:32
- John 8:40
- John 8:44
- John 8:45
- John 8:46
- John 14:6
- John 14:17
- John 15:26
- John 16:7
- John 16:13
- John 17:17
- John 17:19
- John 18:37
- John 18:38
Verses where G0225 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources