Words the Bible translates as genuine
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- alēthinosἀληθινόςgenuine, real: the authentic thing that fully lives up to what it claims to be, as opposed to a copy, a counterfeit, or an empty appearance
- alēthēsἀληθήςtrue: in accord with what is real, not false
- dokimosδόκιμοςproven genuine by testing: having withstood examination and been accepted as the real thing, and so trustworthy and esteemed.
- anupokritosἀνυπόκριτοςgenuine, with no act put on: a quality that is really there rather than staged for the people watching.
- gnēsiosγνήσιοςgenuinenot studied yet
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