Lexical Definition

‎ἀλήθεια‎ alḗtheia (al-ay'-thi-a) truth G:N-F
from ‎ἀληθής‎

true, X truly, truth, verity.

Usage: 15 forms in 237 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἀληθείᾳ in truth Eph.5.9 • Phil.1.18 • 1John.3.18
to truth 3John.1.3
truth Matt.22.16 • John.4.23 • John.4.24 • John.5.33 • John.8.44 • John.16.13 • John.17.17 • John.17.19 • John.18.37 • Rom.2.8 • 1Cor.13.6 • 2Cor.7.14 • Gal.3.1 • Gal.5.7 • Eph.6.14 • Col.1.6 • 2Thess.2.12 • 1Tim.2.7 • 2Tim.3.8 • 2Pet.1.12 • 2John.1.1 • 2John.1.3 • 2John.1.4 • 3John.1.1 • 3John.1.3 • 3John.1.4 • 3John.1.8
ἀληθείασ a truth Luke.22.59 • Acts.10.34
of truth John.14.17 • John.15.26 • John.16.13 • Acts.26.25 • 1Cor.5.8 • 2Cor.6.7 • Eph.1.13 • Eph.4.24 • Col.1.5 • 2Thess.2.13 • 1Tim.2.4 • 2Tim.2.15 • 2Tim.2.25 • 2Tim.3.7 • Titus.1.1 • Jas.1.18 • 1John.4.6
truth Mark.12.14 • Mark.12.32 • Luke.4.25 • Luke.20.21 • John.1.14 • John.18.37 • Acts.4.27 • Rom.2.20 • Rom.15.8 • 2Cor.4.2 • 2Cor.13.8 • 2Cor.13.8 • 2Thess.2.10 • 1Tim.3.15 • 1Tim.6.5 • 2Tim.4.4 • Heb.10.26 • Jas.3.14 • Jas.5.19 • 1Pet.1.22 • 2Pet.2.2 • 1John.2.21 • 1John.3.19 • 3John.1.12
ἀλήθειαν truth Mark.5.33 • John.3.21 • John.8.32 • John.8.40 • John.8.45 • John.8.46 • John.16.7 • Rom.1.18 • Rom.1.25 • Rom.2.2 • Rom.9.1 • 2Cor.12.6 • Gal.2.14 • Eph.4.25 • 1Tim.2.7 • 1Tim.4.3 • 2Tim.2.18 • Titus.1.14 • 1John.1.6 • 1John.2.21 • 2John.1.1 • 2John.1.2
ἀλήθεια truth John.1.17 • John.8.32 • John.8.44 • John.14.6 • John.18.38 • Rom.3.7 • 2Cor.7.14 • 2Cor.11.10 • Gal.2.5 • Eph.4.21 • 1John.1.8 • 1John.2.4 • 1John.5.6
ἀλήθειά truth John.17.17
αληθείασ his truth LXX.Ps.98.3
of truth LXX.Gen.24.48 • LXX.Neh.9.13 • LXX.Ps.31.5 • LXX.Ps.119.30 • LXX.Ps.119.43 • LXX.Prov.11.18 • LXX.Prov.22.21 • LXX.Eccl.12.10 • LXX.Dan.10.21 • LXX.Mal.2.6
truth LXX.Gen.32.10 • LXX.Deut.22.20 • LXX.Job.9.2 • LXX.Job.19.4 • LXX.Job.36.4 • LXX.Ps.31.23 • LXX.Ps.45.4 • LXX.Isa.16.5 • LXX.Isa.26.3 • LXX.Isa.37.18 • LXX.Isa.38.3 • LXX.Isa.48.1 • LXX.Jer.4.2 • LXX.Jer.23.28 • LXX.Dan.2.8 • LXX.Dan.2.47
αληθεία his truth LXX.Ps.96.13
in truth LXX.Ps.119.75
my truth LXX.Ps.89.33
truth LXX.Judg.9.15 • LXX.Judg.9.16 • LXX.Judg.9.19 • LXX.1Sam.12.24 • LXX.1Kgs.2.4 • LXX.1Kgs.3.6 • LXX.2Kgs.19.17 • LXX.2Kgs.20.3 • LXX.1Chr.12.17 • LXX.2Chr.19.9 • LXX.Ps.69.13 • LXX.Ps.145.18 • LXX.Isa.11.5 • LXX.Jer.26.15 • LXX.Dan.9.13 • LXX.Zech.8.8
your truth LXX.Ps.26.3 • LXX.Ps.54.5 • LXX.Ps.86.11 • LXX.Ps.89.49 • LXX.Ps.115.1 • LXX.Ps.138.2 • LXX.Ps.143.1
αληθέια truth LXX.Isa.10.20
αλήθειαν his truth LXX.Deut.33.8 • LXX.Ps.57.3
in truth LXX.Ps.132.11
of your truth LXX.Ps.71.22
this truth LXX.2Chr.32.1
truth LXX.Gen.24.27 • LXX.Gen.47.29 • LXX.Exod.28.30 • LXX.Lev.8.8 • LXX.Josh.2.14 • LXX.2Sam.2.6 • LXX.2Sam.15.20 • LXX.1Kgs.22.16 • LXX.2Chr.18.15 • LXX.Neh.9.33 • LXX.Ps.15.2 • LXX.Ps.51.6 • LXX.Ps.61.7 • LXX.Ps.84.11 • LXX.Ps.119.138 • LXX.Ps.146.6 • LXX.Prov.8.7 • LXX.Prov.14.22 • LXX.Prov.23.23 • LXX.Prov.26.28 • LXX.Isa.26.2 • LXX.Isa.26.10 • LXX.Isa.45.19 • LXX.Jer.9.5 • LXX.Jer.14.13 • LXX.Dan.11.2 • LXX.Mic.7.20 • LXX.Zech.8.16 • LXX.Zech.8.19
your truth LXX.Ps.89.1
αλήθειαι in truths LXX.Ps.12.1
αλήθεια For truth LXX.Job.23.7
his truth LXX.Ps.100.5
of his truth LXX.Ps.91.4
truth LXX.Ps.5.9 • LXX.Ps.25.10 • LXX.Ps.85.10 • LXX.Ps.85.11 • LXX.Ps.89.14 • LXX.Ps.111.7 • LXX.Ps.111.8 • LXX.Ps.117.2 • LXX.Ps.119.86 • LXX.Ps.119.142 • LXX.Ps.119.151 • LXX.Ps.119.160 • LXX.Prov.20.28 • LXX.Prov.28.6 • LXX.Prov.29.14 • LXX.Isa.59.14 • LXX.Isa.59.15 • LXX.Hos.4.1
αλήθειάν of your truth LXX.Ps.92.2
your truth LXX.Ps.25.5 • LXX.Ps.30.9 • LXX.Ps.40.10 • LXX.Ps.40.10 • LXX.Ps.43.3 • LXX.Ps.88.11 • LXX.Ps.89.5
αλήθειά σου your truth LXX.Ps.108.4
αλήθειά my truth LXX.Ps.89.24
your truth LXX.Ps.36.5 • LXX.Ps.40.11 • LXX.Ps.57.10 • LXX.Ps.89.2 • LXX.Ps.89.8
αλήθεία your truth LXX.Ps.119.90

Abbott-Smith

ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ (< ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, v. Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה;]
truth (v. DB, iv, 818f.).
1. Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86): Ro 9:1, al.; of religious truth, Ro 1:25, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine, Ga 2:5, al.; ἀ. θεοῦ, Ro 15:8.
2. Subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character: Jo 8:44, III Jo 3.
3. In phrases (MM, VGT, s.v.): ἐπ’ ἀληθείας, Mk 12:14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), Ro 9:1, II Co 12:6, Eph 4:25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, Jo 3:21, I Jo 1:6 (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Mark 12:14
John 3:21 · 8:44
Romans 1:25 · 9:1 · 15:8
2 Corinthians 12:6
Galatians 2:5
Ephesians 4:25
1 John 1:6
3 John 1:3

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀλήθεια-εια [ᾰλ], ἡ,

Doric dialect ἀλάθεια (also ἀλαθείᾱ[Refs 7th c.BC+] ἀληθεί; Ionic dialect ἀληθείη:

__I truth, opposed to lie or mere appearance:
__I.1 in [Refs 8th c.BC+] only opposed to a lie, frequently in phrase ἀληθείην καταλέξαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; παιδὸς πᾶσαν ἀ. μυθεῖσθαι to tell whole truth about the lad, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; proverbial, οἶνος καὶ ἀ. `in vino veritas', Alc.[same place], etc.; ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀ. ἔπη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἔχειν to be true, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+] also truth, reality, opposed to appearance, σὺν ἀλαθείᾳ καλῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+] — in adverbial usages, τῇ ἀ. in very truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος in truth and reality, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ for the sake of truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, according to truth and nature, [ἀλήθειαειον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b33, etc.:— ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1567:— πρὸς ἀλήθειαειαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.67, etc. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 real war, opposed to exercise or parade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.4 true event, realization of dream or omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons, truthfulness, sincerity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III *)a. personified, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV symbol of truth, jewel worn by Egyptian high-priest, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: of the Thummim, [LXX]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Lev.8.8