ἀλήθεια

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: Joh 8,44, 3 Joh 3.

3. In phrases (MM, VGT, see word): ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας, Mark 12,14, al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), Rom 9,1, 2 Kor 12,6, Ef 4,25, al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, Joh 3,21, 1 Joh 1,6 (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.).