G228 – alethinos – ἀληθινός – true
- Strong’s ID:
- G228
- Greek Word:
- ἀληθινός
- Transliteration:
- alethinos
- Pronunciation:
- al-ay-thee-nos’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Usage Count:
- 27
- Search:
- Find “alethinos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G227; truthful:—true.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) that which has not only the name and resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name, in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name, real, true genuine
1a) opposite to what is fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated or
pretended
1b) it contrasts realities with their semblances
1c) opposite to what is imperfect defective, frail, uncertain
2) true, veracious, sincere
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.