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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἀληθῶς

Lemmaἀληθῶς
Citation formἀληθῶς
Part of speechadverb
Glosstruly, really, certainly
Strong’sG0230
Transliterationalēthōs
Definitiontruly
KJV glosses:--indeed, surely, of a surety, truly, of a (in) truth, verily, very.
Derivationadverb from
SBLGNT occurrences18

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Ἀληθῶς
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Matthew 14:33
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Matthew 26:73
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Matthew 27:54
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Mark 14:70
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Mark 15:39
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Luke 21:3
ἀληθῶς
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Luke 12:44
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Luke 9:27
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 1:47
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 17:8
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 4:42
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 6:14
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 7:26
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 7:40
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 8:31
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Acts 12:11
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 1 Thessalonians 2:13
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 1 John 2:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: αληθως.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ἀληθῶς with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.