Strong's Greek · G228

ἀληθινός

alēthinós

true

Definition

truthful

Derivation

from G227 (ἀληθής);

Appears 28 times in Scripture

John 19:35

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

John 6:32

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Revelation 19:9

Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

John 4:23

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

John 15:1

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

John 7:28

Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

John 1:9

The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

John 8:16

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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