226. alétheuó

Lexicon

alétheuó: To speak the truth, to be truthful

Original Word: ἀληθεύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: alétheuó
Pronunciation: al-ayth-yoo'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ayth-yoo'-o)
KJV: speak (tell) the truth
NASB: speaking the truth, telling the truth
Word Origin: [from G227 (ἀληθής - true )]

1. to be true (in doctrine and profession)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

speak the truth.

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

see GREEK alethes

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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from aléthés
Definition
to speak the truth
NASB Translation
speaking the truth (1), telling...the truth (1).

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.)

Forms and Transliterations

αληθεύειν αληθεύετε αληθευοντες αληθεύοντες ἀληθεύοντες αλήθευσον αληθευων αληθεύων ἀληθεύων aletheuon aletheúon alētheuōn alētheúōn aletheuontes aletheúontes alētheuontes alētheúontes

Englishman's Concordance

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

Strong's Greek 226
2 Occurrences

ἀληθεύων — 1 Occ.
ἀληθεύοντες — 1 Occ.