G0227
ἀληθής
true
ἀληθής, -ές (λήθω = λανθάνω, hence primarily, unconcealed, manifest; hence, actual, real), [in LXX for אֶמֶת, etc. ;] __(a) of things, true, conforming to reality: Jhn.4:18 5:31-32 6:55 (= ἀληθινός, which see) Jhn.8:13-14, 17 10:41 19:35 21:24, Act.12:9, Php.4:8, Tit.1:13, 1Pe.5:12, 2Pe.2:22, 1Jn.2:6, 3Jn.12; __(b) of persons, truthful: Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Jhn.3:33 7:18 8:26, Rom.3:4, 2Co.6:8.† SYN.: ἀληθινός, real, genuine, ideal, as opposite to spurious or imperfect ἀληθής, true to fact, as opposite to false, lying, denotes the actuality of a thing: ἀληθινός, its relation to the corresponding conception. (Cf. Tr., Syn., § viii; Cremer, 84 f., 631 Abbott, JV, 234 f.; DB, iv, 818 f.; MM, VGT, s.vv.) (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἀληθής — alēthḗs
ἀληθής, (ές (alpha privative and λήθω, λαθεῖν (λανθάνω), τό λῆθος — cf. ἀμαθής; literally, not hidden, unconcealed) (from Homer down);
1. true: Joh 4:18; Joh 10:41; Joh 19:35; 1Jn 2:8; 1Jn 2:27; Act 12:9 (an actual occurrence, opposed to ὅραμα), Php 4:8; μαρτυρία, Joh 5:31; John 8:13f, 17; Joh 21:24; 3Jn 1:12; Tit 1:13; κρίσις, just, Joh 8:16 (L T Tr WH ἀληθινή); παροιμία, 2Pe 2:22; χάρις, grace which can be trusted, 1Pe 5:12.
2. loving the truth, speaking the truth, truthful: Mat 22:16; Mar 12:14; Joh 7:18; 2Co 6:8 (opposed to πλάνος); of God, Joh 3:33; Joh 8:26; Rom 3:4 (opposed to ψεύστης).
3. equivalent to ἀληθινός, 1. Joh 6:55 (L T Tr WH; for Rec. ἀληθῶς), as in Wis. 41:27, where ἀληθής Θεός is contrasted with οὕς ἐδόκουν Θεούς. Cf. Riickert, Abendmahl, p. 266f. (On the distinction between this word and the next, see Trench, § viii.; Schmidt, chapter 178, 6.)
25 occurrences
Matthew (1), Mark (1), John (13), Acts (1), Romans (1), II Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), Titus (1), I Peter (1), II Peter (1), I John (2), III John (1)