Words the Bible translates as truth
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.
- alētheiaἀλήθειαtruth: what really is the case, told and lived reliably, rather than concealed, faked, or false
- emetאֱמֶתthat which holds firm and can be relied on: faithfulness in a person and truth in a word, as one undivided idea
- emunahאֱמוּנָהfirmness that you can lean on: steadiness, reliability, faithfulness
- asphaleiaἀσφάλειαsecurity: the state of being safe and impossible to overthrow, whether shut up so firmly nothing can break in or simply out of harm's reach
+1 more meaning
- certainty: the firm, well-grounded reliability of a claim or teaching, such that a person can safely rest their confidence on it
- qeshotקְשֹׁטtruthnot studied yet
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