ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ
(ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, see Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה ;]
truth (see
DB, iv, 818f.).
1.
Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86):
Rom.9:1, al.; of religious truth,
Rom.1:25, al.; esp. of Christian doctrine,
Gal.2:5, al.; ἀ. θεοῦ,
Rom.15:8 2. Subjectively,
truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character:
Jhn.8:44,
3Jn.1:3.
3.
In phrases (MM,
VGT, see word): ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας,
Mrk.12:14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν),
Rom.9:1,
2Co.12:6,
Eph.4:25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν,
Jhn.3:21,
1Jn.1:6 (cf.
DB, iv, 818b, ff.).
(AS)
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