verb
alētheuamō
Strong’sG226
I say, speak truth, I do truth
stem alētheu-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀληθεύω
(< ἀληθής), [in LXX: Ge 20:16 (יָכַח) Ge 42:16 (אֶמֶת), Pr 21:3 (מִשְׁפָּט), Is 44:26 (שָׁלַם), Si 34:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G226 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-ayth-yoo'-o
to be true (in doctrine and profession)
Fromfrom G227;
King Jamesspeak (tell) the truth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -εύσωRefs 5th c.BC+:—speak truth, Refs 5th c.BC+adjective, ἀ. πάντα speak truth in all things, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰς δέκα ἡμέρας ἠλήθευσε he rightly foretold.. , Refs; ἀ. τοὺς ἐπαίνους prove their praises true, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τοὔνομα `make good', Refs 4th c.AD+
2 of things, to be, prove true, σημεῖαRefs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be fulfilled, of conditions, ἐπὶ τούτοις -ομένοιςRefs 5th c.BC+:—active of reasoners, arrive at truth, Refs:—passive, ὁ λόγος -εύεται is in accordance with truth, Top. Refs; ἀληθεύεσθαι κατά τινος to be truly predicated of.., Refsfuture middle in same sense, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| alētheuarōntosἀληθεύων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | telling … thetruth | 1× |
| alētheuarōntoisἀληθεύοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | speaking the truth | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alētheuamō | alētheuame | alētheuami | alētheuama | alētheuamē | alētheuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | alētheuasō | alētheuase | alētheuasi | alētheuasa | alētheuasē | alētheuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alētheuatō | alētheuate | alētheuati | alētheuata | alētheuatē | alētheuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | alētheuanō | alētheuane | alētheuani | alētheuana | alētheuanē | alētheuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | alētheuavō | alētheuave | alētheuavi | alētheuava | alētheuavē | alētheuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | alētheualō | alētheuale | alētheuali | alētheuala | alētheualē | alētheualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alētheuameiō | alētheuameia | alētheuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | alētheuaseiō | alētheuaseia | alētheuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alētheuateiō | alētheuateia | alētheuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | alētheuaneiō | alētheuaneia | alētheuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | alētheuaveiō | alētheuaveia | alētheuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | alētheualeiō | alētheualeia | alētheualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | alētheuasōr | alētheuasar | alētheuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alētheuatōr | alētheuatar | alētheuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | alētheuavōr | alētheuavar | alētheuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | alētheualōr | alētheualar | alētheualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alētheuamoiō | alētheuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | alētheuasoiō | alētheuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alētheuatoiō | alētheuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | alētheuanoiō | alētheuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | alētheuavoiō | alētheuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | alētheualoiō | alētheualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | alētheuarō | alētheuari | alētheuara | alētheuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | alētheuarōntos2×ἀληθεύων | alētheuarintos | alētheuarantos | alētheuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
alētheu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
alētheuarōntos“telling … thetruth”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Galatians 4:16hōste echthros vu genamē alētheuarōntos vi?… I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
alētheuarōntois“speaking the truth”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Ephesians 4:15alētheuarōntois de en agapa auxananeia eis auton …Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all …