True, Truly, Truth: primarily, "unconcealed, manifest" (a, negative, letho, "to forget," == lanthano, "to escape notice"), hence, actual, "true to fact," is used
(a) of persons, "truthful,"
Mat 22:16;
Mar 12:14;
Jhn 3:33;
7:18;
8:26;
Rom 3:4;
2Cr 6:8;
(b) of things, "true," conforming to reality,
Jhn 4:18, "truly," lit., "true;"
Jhn 5:31,
32; in the best texts,
Jhn 6:55 (twice), "indeed;"
Jhn 8:13,
14 (
ver. 16 in some texts: see No. 2),
Jhn 8:17;
10:41;
19:35;
21:24;
Act 12:9;
Phl 4:8;
Tts 1:13;
1Pe 5:12;
2Pe 2:22;
1Jo 2:8,
27;
3Jo 1:12.
True, Truly, Truth: akin to No. 1, denotes "true" in the sense of "real, ideal, genuine;" it is used
(a) of God,
Jhn 7:28 (cp. No. 1 in
Jhn 7:18, above);
Jhn 17:3;
1Th 1:9;
Rev 6:10; these declare that God fulfills the meaning of His Name; He is "very God," in distinction from all other gods, false gods (alethes, see
Jhn 3:33 in No. 1, signifies that He is veracious, "true" to His utterances, He cannot lie);
(b) of Christ,
Jhn 1:9;
6:32;
15:1;
1Jo 2:8;
5:20 (thrice);
Rev 3:7,
14;
19:11; His judgment,
Jhn 8:16 (in the best texts, instead of No. 1);
(c) God's words,
Jhn 4:37;
Rev 19:9;
21:5;
22:6; the last three are equivalent to No. 1;
(d) His ways,
Rev 15:3;
(e) His judgments,
Rev 16:7;
19:2;
(f) His riches,
Luk 16:11;
(g) His worshippers,
Jhn 4:23;
(h) their hearts,
Hbr 10:22;
(i) the witness of the Apostle John,
Jhn 19:35;
(j) the spiritual, antitypical tabernacle,
Hbr 8:2;
9:24, not that the wilderness tabernacle was false, but that it was a weak and earthly copy of the heavenly.
