adverb
ontōs
Strong’sG3689
really, truly
stem ontō-10 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 booksnever changes form
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.
ὄντως,
adv.(< ὤν, ptcp. of εἰμί, sum), [in LXX: Nu 22:37 (אֻמְנָם), Je 3:23 (אָכֵן), 10:19 (אַךְ), III Ki 12:24, Wi 17:14*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3689 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidon'-toce
really
Fromadverb of the oblique cases of G5607;
King Jamescertainly, clean, indeed, of a truth, verily.
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
adverb participle of εἰμί (sum), really, actually, verily, with Verbs, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄντως τε καὶ ἀληθῶς really and truly, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to to ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, Refs 5th c.BC+; to εἰκότως, Refs 5th c.BC+participle ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν, to imply real existence, Refs: also with Nouns, τὰ ὄντως ἀγαθά Refs 5th c.BC+; more freq in the later dialogues of Refs 5th c.BC+
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.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
ontōs8×
Mark 11:32… ochlon, hapantois gar echale ton Iōannon ontōs hoti profētos ate.… for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
Luke 24:34legarōntoin hoti ontōs egerita tos kurios kai horita Simōno.and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
John 8:36ean oun tos huios vin eleutherateia, ontōs eleutherois evi.… you free, you will be free indeed.
Galatians 3:21“indeed”… gar dōita nomos tos dunorōntos zōopoiara, ontōs ek nomou an ate tas dikaiosunas.… Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
1 Timothy 5:3“really”Chērain timasōr tain ontōs chērain.Honor the widows who are truly widows.
1 Timothy 5:5“really”tas de ontōs chēras kai monorēntas elpizatē epi theon …The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues …
1 Timothy 5:16“really”… mē barotōr tas ekklēsas, hina tai ontōs chērai eparkateia.… them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are …
1 Timothy 6:19… eis tem mellarōntem, hina epilabeleia tau ontōs zōau.… take hold of that which is truly life.
Ontōs2×
Luke 23:47“certainly”… tem generantem doxazate ton theon legarōntos; Ontōs tos anthrōpos houtos dikaios ate.… what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
1 Corinthians 14:25“really”… prosōpem proskunati to theo, apangelarōntos hoti Ontōs tos theos en vi atō.… facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”