Ontos means “really” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3689 — kecel (“loin”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3689 ὄντως (ontos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ontos (on'-toce) adv. 1. really [adverb of the oblique cases of G5607] It has 14 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include indeed, certainly, truth, verily, and clean. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ontos (on'-toce) adv. 1. really [adverb of the oblique cases of G5607] KJV: certainly, clean, indeed, of a truth, verily Root(s): G5607
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3689. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
really
Usage: ὄντως adv. (ὤν, ptcp. of εἰμί, sum) [in LXX: Num.22:37 (אׇמְנָם), Jer.3:23 (אָכֵן), Jer.10:19 (אַךְ), 3Ki.12:24, Wis.17:14 * ;] really, actually, truly: Mrk.11:32, Luk.23:47 24:34, Jhn.8:36, 1Co.14:25, Gal.3:21 4:1-31 ἡ ὄ. ζωή, 1Ti.6:19; ἡ ὄ. χήρα, 1Ti.5:3 5:5 5:16 † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ontos, 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 New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old 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 G3689 (ὄντως) appears 4 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.
10 indexed usages in New Testament.
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to thee to call thee? why hast thou not come to me? shall I not indeed be able to honor thee?
Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And the expectation from within, being less, Counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3689.
And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to thee to call thee? why hast thou not come to me? shall I not indeed be able to honor thee?
Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
And the expectation from within, being less, Counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3689, grouped by book.
Ontos (Strong's G3689) is a Greek word most simply glossed "really". ontos (on'-toce) adv. 1. really [adverb of the oblique cases of G5607]
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G3689 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3689 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 indeed, certainly, truth, verily, and clean. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3689, with linked reader references where each row is available.