aletheuo - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H226 — oth (“mark”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G226 ἀληθεύω (aletheuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aletheuo (al-ayth-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be true (in doctrine and profession) [from G227] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include tell and speaking. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
aletheuo (al-ayth-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be true (in doctrine and profession) [from G227] KJV: speak (tell) the truth Root(s): G227
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G226. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be truthful
Usage: ἀληθεύω (ἀληθής), [in LXX: Gen.20:16 (יָכַח) Gen.42:16 (אֶמֶת), Pro.21:3 (מִשְׁפָּט), Isa.44:26 (שָׁלַם), Sir.34:4 * ;] to speak the truth (R, mg., deal truly; Field, Notes, 192): Gal.4:16, Eph.4:15.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aletheuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G226 (ἀληθεύω) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to thee for the price of thy countenance, and to all the women with thee, and speak the truth in all things.
Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharaoh, verily ye are spies.
To do justly and to speak truth, Are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The poor laboreth in his poor estate; And when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G226.
And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to thee for the price of thy countenance, and to all the women with thee, and speak the truth in all things.
Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharaoh, verily ye are spies.
To do justly and to speak truth, Are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Edom, Ye shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth.
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
The poor laboreth in his poor estate; And when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G226, grouped by book.
Strong's G226 is a Greek entry for G226 ἀληθεύω (aletheuo). aletheuo (al-ayth-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be true (in doctrine and profession) [from G227]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G226 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G226 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tell and speaking. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G226, with linked reader references where each row is available.