"sterling, Lk. 16:11; real, Jn. 6:32; 1 Thess. 1:9; unfeigned, trustworthy, true, Jn. 19:35"
Definition and meaning
sterling, Lk. 16:11; real, Jn. 6:32; 1 Thess. 1:9; unfeigned, trustworthy, true, Jn. 19:35
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀληθινός
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of alethinos (G228) across the King James Bible.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
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Common questions
Strong's G228 (alethinos) is a Greek word that means: sterling, Lk. 16:11; real, Jn. 6:32; 1 Thess. 1:9; unfeigned, trustworthy, true, Jn. 19:35 It appears 25 times in the King James Bible.
The word alethinos (G228) appears 25 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G228 is alethinos, a Greek word defined as: sterling, Lk. 16:11; real, Jn. 6:32; 1 Thess. 1:9; unfeigned, trustworthy, true, Jn. 19:35. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
alethinos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.