226. alétheuó
Strong's Concordance
alétheuó: to speak the truth
Original Word: ἀληθεύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: alétheuó
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ayth-yoo'-o)
Short Definition: I say, speak truth, I do truth
Definition: I say (speak) truth, do truth, maintain truth (the truth).
HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 226 alētheúō (literally, "truthing") – speaking reality (truth) into a person's life, making a record of what God deems is truth (reality, fact). See 225 (alētheia).

226 /alētheúō (literally, "to truth") includes Spirit-led confrontation where it is vital to tell the truth so others can live in God's reality rather than personal illusion.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 226: ἀληθεύω

ἀληθεύω; in secular writings ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others) to speak the truth;

a. to teach the truth: τίνι Galatians 4:16.

b. to profess the truth (true doctrine): Ephesians 4:15. (R. V. marginal reading in both passages, to deal truly.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
speak the truth.

From alethes; to be true (in doctrine and profession) -- speak (tell) the truth.

see GREEK alethes

Forms and Transliterations
αληθεύειν αληθεύετε αληθευοντες αληθεύοντες ἀληθεύοντες αλήθευσον αληθευων αληθεύων ἀληθεύων aletheuon aletheúon alētheuōn alētheúōn aletheuontes aletheúontes alētheuontes alētheúontes
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Strong's Greek 226
2 Occurrences


ἀληθεύων — 1 Occ.
ἀληθεύοντες — 1 Occ.

Galatians 4:16 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὑμῶν γέγονα ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν
NAS: your enemy by telling you the truth?
KJV: because I tell you the truth?
INT: of you have I become speaking truth to you

Ephesians 4:15 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἀληθεύοντες δὲ ἐν
NAS: but speaking the truth in love,
KJV: But speaking the truth in love,
INT: speaking the truth moreover in

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