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Strong's #226 - ἀληθεύω
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- to speak or tell the truth
- to teach the truth
- to profess the truth
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ἀληθ-εύω, fut. -εύσω X. Mem. 1.1.5, al.: —
1. speak truth, A. Th. 562, Hp. Prog. 15, Pl. R. 589c; περί τι Id. Tht. 202b: with neut. Adj., ἀ. πάντα speak truth in all things, Batr. 14; πολλὰ ἀ. X. An. 4.4.15; τὰς δέκα ἡμέρας ἠλήθευσε he rightly foretold.., ib. 5.6.18; ἀ. τοὺς ἐπαίνους prove their praises true, Luc. Ind. 20; τοὔνομα `make good', Them. Or. 1.4c.
2. of things, to be, prove true, σημεῖα Hp. Prog. 25: — Pass., to be fulfilled, of conditions, ἐπὶ τούτοις -ομένοις X. Cyr. 4.6.10, freq. in Arist.: — Act. of reasoners, arrive at truth, Id. Metaph. 1062a25: — Pass., ὁ λόγος -εύεται is in accordance with truth, Top. 132b4, al.; ἀληθεύεσθαι κατά τινος to be truly predicated of.., ib. 132a31, al.: fut. Med. in same sense, EN 1100a35, al.
ἀληθεύω; in secular writings ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others) to speak the truth;
a. to teach the truth: τίνι Galatians 4:16.
b. to profess the truth (true doctrine): Ephesians 4:15. (R. V. marginal reading in both passages, to deal truly.)
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ἀληθεύω
(< ἀληθής ),
[in LXX: Genesis 20:16 (H3198) Genesis 42:16 (H571), Proverbs 21:3 (H4941), Isaiah 44:26 (H7999), Sirach 34:4*;]
to speak the truth (R, mg., deal truly; Field, Notes, 192): Galatians 4:16, Ephesians 4:15.†
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We have noticed no early occurrence, but cf. P. Amh II. 142.1 (iv/A.D.) ἀ ]ληθευοντ . . ., before a gap.
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