Alēthōs ἀληθῶς

Alēthōs (Greek ἀληθῶς, Strong's G230) is a Greek adverb meaning “truly”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Alēthōs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 14:33
  Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
• Matthew 26:73
  And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
• Matthew 27:54
  Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

Mark

• Mark 14:70
  And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”
• Mark 15:39
  And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Luke

• Luke 9:27
  But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 12:44
  Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
• Luke 21:3
  And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

John

• John 1:47
  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
• John 4:42
  And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
• John 6:14
  Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
• John 7:26
  But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
• John 7:40
  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
• John 8:31
  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• John 17:8
  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

Acts

• Acts 12:11
  And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

1 John

• 1 John 2:5
  But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).