ἐπι-λανθάνω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `keep somebody unaware, escape notice, be unknown, unnoted; make somebody forget something', midd. `forget, ' (details on the use of the forms in Schwyzer 699 a. 748).

Other forms: λήθω ( ληθάνω η 221), aor. λαθεῖν, λελαθεῖν, - έσθαι ( ἐπι-λῆσαι υ 85), fut. λήσω (Il.), perf. λέληθα (IA.), midd. λέλασμαι (Hom.), λέλησμαι (Att.), late aor. λήσασθαι, λησθῆναι, Dor. Aeol. λά̄θω, λά̄σω, λᾶσαι, λέλᾱθα.

Compounds: also with prefix. esp. ἐπι-.

Derivatives: A. from λαθεῖν. - έσθαι: 1. λάθρη, -ᾱ adv. `secretly' (Il.; λάθρᾰ h. Cer. 240) with λαθραῖος `secret' (IA.). λάθριος (S. Ichn. 66 [lyr.], hell.), - ίδιος, - ιμαῖος (late) `id.'; adv. λαθρᾰ́-δᾱν (Corinn.; like κρυφᾰ́-δᾱν), λαθρη-δόν, - δά, - δίς (late); as 1. member λαθρο-, e.g. λαθρό-νυμφος `secretly married' (Lyc.), for the older variant λᾰθι-, e. g. λαθι-κηδής (X 83), prop. "at which the sorrows remain hidden" but also with the verb directly associated: `making sorrows forgotten' (s. Schwyzer 447, Bechtel Lex. s. v.); cf. λᾱθι- s. C. - 2. λαθητικός `who avoids notice' (Arist.; λάθησις sch. Gen. A 36) ; 3. λάθος n. `forgetfulness' (NGr. for *λῆθος, λᾶθος s. B.). - B. From λήθειν: 1. λήθη, Dor. λάθα `forgetfulness' (Β 33; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 233) with ληθαῖος `making forgotten, forgetful' (Call., Lyc.), also ληθήμων, ληθώδης, λήθιος (H.). 2. λᾶθος n. = λήθη (Theoc.); λαθοσύνα f. `id.' (E. IT 1279, uncertain, cf. Wyss - συνη 42). 3. ληθεδών, - όνος f. `id.' (AP, APl.) with ληθεδανός = ληθαῖος (Luc.); Chantraine Form. 361 f. 4. ἔκ-λη-σις (ω 485), ἐπί-λᾱ-σις (Pi. P. 1, 46) `forgetting', from ἐκ-, ἐπι-λήθειν; besides from the simplex the typologically older λῆσ-τις `id.' (S., E.); Schwyzer 504, Chantraine 276, Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 36 f., Porzig Satzinhalte 196. -- 5. λήσ-μων `forgeting, forgetful' (Them.) with λησμοσύνη (Hes. Th. 55; after μνημοσύνη; also S. Ant. 151); ἐπιλήσ-μων `id.' (Att.) with ἐπιλησμον-ή, - μοσύνη (Crat., LXX), ἐπιλησμον-έω, λησμον-έω (M.- a. NGr.); details in Georgacas Glotta 36, 167f. (not always correct). - C. As 1.member in verbal governing compp.: 1. λησί-μβροτος `taking men unawares, deceiver' (h. Merc.; Zumbach Neuerungen 24); 2. λᾱθί-πονος `forgetting (making forgotten) sorrows' (S.; cross with λᾰθι-; Schwyzer 444); 3. λᾱθ-άνεμος `escaping the wind' (Simon.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [651] * leh₂- `be unnoticed, hidden'

Etymology: On ἀληθής, λήθαργος s. vv.; cf. also ἄλαστος. As basis of the Greek system serves the present λήθω, λά̄θω; beside this stands from the beginning the thematic zero grade aorist λᾰθεῖν and λελᾰθεῖν, - έσθαι with the perf. midd. λέλασμαι and isolated nominal derivv., esp. the couple λάθ-ρᾱ: λαθ-ι- (Schwyzer 447 f.); also the nasalpresent λα-ν-θ-άνω (beside λήθω which is in Hom. better attested) is perhaps an innovation (after μαθεῖν: μανθάνω?; Kuiper Nasalpräs. 156). -As in πύθω (: πύος), βρίθω (: βριαρός) also in λήθω the - θ- can be isolated as an added (present) element; a dentalless form seems indeed found in λῃ̃το ἐπελάθετο (beside λήιτο ἐπε\<λά\> θετο) H. (on - ι- s. below). Thus connection with the synonymous Lat. lă-t-eō `be hidden' becomes probable (cf. for the formation the opposite păt-eō; s. also on δατέομαι). - Other combinations are because of the meaning either very uncertain or wrong: Toch. A lä(n)t-, B lät-, lant- `go out' (Pedersen Tocharisch 173), Slav.: OCS lajati ' ἐνεδρεύειν', Tchech. lákati `persecute' (hard to separate from identical verbs meaning ' ὑλακτεῖν' resp. `desire'; Germ. nouns as OWNo. lōmr `treason, deceit', OHG luog `hole, lair'. - For an original long diphthong lāi- are both λαίθαργος (which is Pre-Greek, s. v.) and λῃ̃το unreliable evidence; can λῃ̃το be from *l̥h₂-to? - On Λητώ s. v. - Further forms in Pok. 651, W.-Hofmann s. lateō.

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λανθάνω, Pi.Fr.75.13, etc.:—also [full] λήθω (which is the form of the [voice] Act. generally used in compds., δια-λανθάνω being the sole exception), Il.23.323, S.OT 1325 (lyr.), X.Smp.4.48; [dialect] Dor. [full] λάθω [pron. full] [ᾱ] S.El. 222 (lyr.); inf.

A

λᾱθέμεν Pi.O.1.64

: [tense] impf.

ἐλάνθανον Il.13.721

, etc.;

ἔληθον Od.19.151

, S.El. 1359; [dialect] Ep.

λῆθον Il.15.461

; [dialect] Ion.

λήθεσκεν 24.13

: [tense] fut.

λήσω Od.11.102

, Ar.Ec.98, etc.; [dialect] Aeol.inf.

λᾱσην Alc.Supp.22.8

; [dialect] Dor.

λᾱσῶ Theoc.14.9

, al., so (in late writers) λήσομαι, v. infr. c. 11: [tense] aor. 1

ἔλησα Nic.Al. 280

(but Hom. has ἐπ-έλησα, Alc. ἐξ-έλᾱσα, in causal sense): [tense] aor. 2

ἔλᾰθον Il.17.676

, etc. (for λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B): [tense] pf.

λέληθα Semon.7.9

, Sol.13.27; [dialect] Aeol.part.

λελᾱθων Alc.Supp.26.8

: [tense] plpf. ἐλελήθειν, [dialect] Att. - ήθη, Th.8.33, Ar.Eq. 822, Nu. 380, Luc.Pr.Im. 15; [dialect] Ion.[ per.] 3sg.

ἐλελήθεε Hdt.6.79

.

B causal [full] ληθάνω, [tense] aor. 2 λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B.

C [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass.,

λανθάνομαι Arist.Po. 1455a25

(s.v.l.),

λήθομαι Il.11.790

, A.Ag.39; [dialect] Dor. λάθομαι [ᾱ] Pi.O.8.72: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

λανθανόμην Od.12.227

: [tense] fut.

λήσομαι 1.308

; [dialect] Dor.

λᾱσεῦμαι Theoc.4.39

, also

λελήσομαι E.Alc. 198

: [tense] aor. 1 ἐλησάμην or λησάμην only in late [dialect] Ep., Maiist.47, Mosch.3.62 ([dialect] Dor. λᾱς-), Q.S.3.99, etc.; also ἐλήσθην, [dialect] Dor. inf.

λασθῆμεν Theoc.2.46

, cf. διαλανθάνω: [tense] aor. 2 ἐλᾰθόμην, [dialect] Ep. λαθ-, Il.13.835, E.Hipp. 289: rare in Prose exc. in compds., Plu.Caes.38; also [dialect] Ep. redupl. λελάθοντο, etc., v. infr. c: [tense] pf.

λέλησμαι S.El. 342

, Pl.Phdr. 252a; [dialect] Ep. λέλασμαι, part. λελασμένος, etc.; cf. ἐπιλήθω.

A in most of the act. tenses, escape notice (freq. joined with a neg.):—Constr.:

1 c. acc. pers. only, escape his notice,

λάθε δ' Ἕκτορα Il.22.277

;

οὐδέ σε λήσει 23.326

;

οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν νόον 15.461

, cf. Od.11.102, al.; [

τοῦτον] οὐκ ἔστι λαθεῖν ὄμματα φωτός A.Ag. 796

(anap.);

οὐ λάθει μ' ὀργά S.El. 222

(lyr.), cf. Ph. 207 (lyr.);

τουτί μ' ἐλελήθειν Ar.Nu. 380

; εἰ λανθάνει σε perhaps you don't know, Men. Sam.78: impers., λεληθέναι οὐ θαυμάζω τὸ πλῆθος περὶ τούτου it escaped the notice of the people, X.Hier.2.5; σὲ δὲ λέληθεν περὶ τοῦτο ὡς .. Pl. Lg. 903c.

2 most freq. with a part. added, in which case we usually translate the part. by a Verb, and express λανθάνω by an Adv., unawares, without being observed; either,

a c. acc. pers., ἄλλον τινὰ λήθω μαρνάμενος I am unseen by others while fighting, i.e. 1 fight unseen by them, Il.13.273;

πάντας ἐλάνθανε δάκρυα λείβων Od.8.93

, cf. 12.17, 220, 19.88, al., Pi.O.1.64, 6.36, Hdt.8.25: freq. in Trag. and [dialect] Att., μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών lest he come on unseen by me, S.Ph.46, cf. 156 (lyr.); ὅπως μὴ λήσουσιν αὐτοὺς αἱ νῆες.. ἀφορμηθεῖσαι should put to sea without their observing them, Th.8.10; or,

b without an acc., φονέα ἐλάνθανε βόσκων he maintained the murderer unawares, Hdt.1.44;

λέληθας ἐχθρὸς ὤν S.OT 415

;

δουλεύων λέληθας Ar.V. 517

;

συνέβη δὲ ὑπερημέρῳ γενομένῳ λαθεῖν D.21.89

: the reflex. Pron. may be supplied and is sts. added,

λέληθεν αὑτὸν τοῖς ξυνοῦσιν ὢν βαρύς S.Fr. 103

;

ἕως σαυτὸν λάθοις διαρραγείς Ar. Pax32

, cf. Nu. 242, X.An.6.3.22: sts., however, a different object must be supplied from the context, βάλλοντες ἐλάνθανον (not ἑαυτούς, but Τρῶας) Il. 13.721;

ἐλάνθανε [πάντας] ἔχων Hdt.8.5

; μὴ διαφθαρεὶς λάθῃ [τινὰ ὁ βίος] S.Ph. 506;

μὴ λάθῃ [ἡμᾶς] φύγδα βάς A.Eu. 256

(lyr.), cf. Th. 4.133, etc.—In a few examples this constr. is reversed, and λαθών is put in the part., as in our idiom, ἀπὸ τείχεος ἆλτο λαθών (for ἔλαθεν ἁλόμενος) Il.12.390;

ἣ.. λήθουσά μ' ἐξέπινες S.Ant. 532

.

3 rarely c. acc. et inf., μή σε λαθέτω ὑπερτιθέμεν let it not escape thee to.., i.e. forget not to.., Pi.P.5.23;

ἔλαθεν αὐτὸν σύνθημα δοῦναι Plu.Arist. 17

; σφᾶς λέληθε Θεόδωρον εἶναι it has been unnoticed that it was.., Paus.9.41.1.

4 folld. by a relat. clause, οὐδέ με λήθεις, ὅττι θεῶν τίς σ' ἦγε thou escapest me not, it is not unknown to me, that some god led thee, Il.24.563; οὐδέ ἑ λήθει, ὅππως .. 23.323; ἐδόκεες θεοὺς λήσειν οἷα ἐμηχανῶ thou thought'st to escape the gods' notice in.., Hdt.8.106;

οὔκουν με.. οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει Ar.Eq. 465

; οὐ λανθάνεις με, ὅτι .. X.Mem.3.5.24, cf. Smp.3.6, 13; ὁ γείτων λ. τινὰ οὐ μόνον ὅτι πράττει, ἀλλ' εἰ .. Pl.Tht. 174b.

5 abs., escape notice or detection, S.Tr. 455, Th.1.37, 69, al.;

λάθε βιώσας Epicur.Fr. 551

;

λανθάνει τὸ οὖρον προσπῖπτον Hp.Coac. 464

.

B causal, make one forget a thing, c. gen. rei, in compds. ἐκληθάνω, ἐπι-λήθω; the simple Verb only in [dialect] Ep. redupl. [tense] aor. 2, ὄφρα.. λελάθῃ ὀδυνάων that.. he may cause him to forget his pains, Il.15.60;

πόλιν λελάθοιτε συντυχιᾶν Lyr.Adesp.140.9

: but

II in late [dialect] Ep., λέλαθον, = ἔλαθον, escaped notice of, ἑὸν νόον, τοκῆας, A.R.2.226, 3.779, cf. Orph.A. 876.

C [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., let a thing escape one, forget,

1 forget simply, in [tense] pres. (abs.),

σὺ δὲ λήθεαι Il.11.790

: c. gen.,

Κίρκης μὲν ἐφημοσύνης.. λανθανόμην Od.12.227

, cf. Pi.O.8.72;

οὔ ποτε λήσομαι αὐτῶν Od.1.308

;

ἄλγος, οὗ ποτ' οὐ λελήσεται E.Alc. 198

: mostly in [tense] aor. 2,

ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαι A.Supp. 731

;

νόστου τε λαθέσθαι Od.9.97

; πῶς ἂν.. Ὀδυσῆος.. λαθοίμην; 1.65: also in redupl. [tense] aor.,

οὐδὲ σέθεν.. θεοὶ μάκαρες λελάθοντο Il.4.127

;

μή τίς μοι ἀπειλάων λελαθέσθω 16.200

;

οὐ δυνάμην λελαθέσθ' Ἄτης 19.136

(but in Hes.Th. 471 like the [voice] Act., ὅπως λελάθοιτο τεκοῦσα that she might bear unknown): so in [tense] pf.,

τῶν δὲ λέλασται Il.5.834

;

ἐμεῖο λελασμένος 23.69

;

κείνου λελῆσθαι S. El. 342

, etc.;

ἑταίρων πάντων λέλησται Pl.Phdr. 252a

: with a relat. clause,

λελασμένος ὅσσ' ἐπεπόνθει Od.13.92

: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in pass. sense, once in S., οὐδέ ποτε λησόμενον οἷον ἔφυ κακόν never will be forgotten, El.1249 (lyr.); cf. ἐπιλανθάνω.

2 forget purposely, pass over, ἢ λάθετ' ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν either he chose to forget it.., Il.9.537;

μαθοῦσιν αὐδῶ, κοὐ μαθοῦσι λήθομαι A.Ag.39

.

II in later writers [tense] fut. [voice] Med. is used like [voice] Act., escape notice,

ἡμᾶς Arist.APr. 66a31

, cf. A.R.3.737, Luc.Sacr.14: abs., Alciphr.3.52

λανθάνω, (1) verborgen sein, sich verborgen halten, unbemerkt bleiben; c. accus. der Person, vor der man verborgen bleibt; οὐδ' ἔλαϑε σκοπόν, er blieb dem Späher nicht verborgen, entging ihm nicht; ἐδόκεες ϑεοὺς λήσειν οἰα ἐμηχανῶ, du meintest, es werde den Göttern verborgen bleiben, was für Dinge du unternähmst. Am gewöhnlichsten tritt ein partic. hinzu, das ausdrückend, was verborgen bleibt, wo man meist λανϑάνω mit einem adv. heimlich, unvermerkt, unversehens, u. das partic. durch ein verb. finitum übersetzen kann, μή σε λάϑῃσι κεῖσ' ἐξορμήσασα, daß sie nicht dir unbemerkt, ohne daß du es merkst. hervorbreche; μή με λάϑῃ προςπεσών, daß er mich nicht unversehens überfalle; οὐδ' ἐλάνϑανε τοὺς διαβεβηκότας ταῦτα πρήξας, es entging ihnen nicht, daß er dies tat; auch λανϑάνω καὶ ἐμαυτὸν οἰόμενος, mir selbst unbewußt meine ich; ἐλάνϑανον αὑτοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ γενόμενοι, ohne daß sie es merkten, waren sie auf den Hügel gekommen. Auch ohne accus. so, λελήϑασι μανϑάνοντες, sie haben unvermerkt gelernt; δουλεύων λέληϑας, du hast nicht gemerkt, daß du ein Sklave bist. (2) vor sich verborgen halten, vergessen; auch = versäumen, unterlassen

     ἐπιλανθάνω

     ἐπι-λανθάνω

    эп.-ион. ἐπιλήθω (fut. ἐπιλήσω и ἐπιλήσομαι, aor. ἐπέλησα, aor. 2 ἐπελᾰθόμην, pf. ἐπιλέληθα и ἐπιλέλησμαι; aor. pass. ἐπελήσθην)

    1) заставлять забыть, погружать в забвение

    

ὁ ὕπνος ἐπέλησεν ἁπάντων Hom. — сон дает забвение всего

    2) преимущ. med. ἐπιλανθάνομαι, чаще ἐπιλήθομαι забывать, не помнить

    

(τινος Pind., Soph., Eur., Xen., Plat., τι Her., Eur., Arph., Plat. и ποιεῖν τι Arph., Plat.)

    3) med. забывать, оставлять по забывчивости

    

(τέν ζώνην Plut.)

    4) pass. быть в пренебрежении

    

(ἐπιλελησμένος ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ NT.)

ἀλήθεια, ας, ἡ (cp. λανθάνω ‘escape notice’ s. DELG s.v. λανθάνω; Schwyzer I 469; Hom. +) prim. ‘hiding nothing’.

① the quality of being in accord with what is true, truthfulness, dependability, uprightness in thought and deed (Alcaeus 57 [366 L.-P.]; Mimnermus 8 al.) of God (Gen 24:27 al.) Ro 3:7; 15:8. Of people (Pittacus in Diog. L. 1, 78; Arrian, Anab. 7, 30, 3; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 11, 6; 4 Km 20:3; Judg 9:15f al.; EpArist 206) ἐν ἀ. λαλεῖν speak truthfully 2 Cor 7:14; (w. εἰλικρίνεια) 1 Cor 5:8; (w. ἀγαθωσύνη and δικαιοσύνη) Eph 5:9; 1 Cl 19:1; 31:2; 35:2; Pol 2:1; ἐν πάσῃ ἀ. w. perfect fidelity 4:2.—Hm 8:9; 12, 3, 1; Hs 9, 15, 2.

② the content of what is true, truth (opp. ψεῦδος)

ⓐ gener. ἀ. λαλεῖν tell the truth (Zech 8:16) Eph 4:25; Hm 3:5; 2 Cl 12:3. ἀ. λέγειν (Hdt. 2, 115 al.; PGiss 84, 14 [II A.D.] τὴν ἀ. εἰπεῖν) Ro 9:1; 1 Ti 2:7. Fut. ἀ. ἐρῶ 2 Cor 12:6. ἀ. ἀγαπᾶν Hm 3:1. Opp. ψεύδεσθαι κατὰ τῆς ἀ. lie against the truth Js 3:14; εἶπεν αὐτῷ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀ. she told him the whole truth Mk 5:33 (cp. Hdt. 9, 89; Thu. 6, 87, 1 al.; Cleopatra ln. 88; POxy 283, 13f [45 A.D.] γνωσθῆναι πᾶσαν τὴν ἀ.; Jos., Bell. 7, 31 πυθόμενος παρʼ αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀ.). ἐν λόγῳ ἀληθείας by truthful speech 2 Cor 6:7; ῥήματα ἀληθείας Ac 26:25; μόρφωσις τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀ. embodiment of knowledge and truth Ro 2:20; ἡ ἁγνότης τῆς ἀ. the purity that belongs to truth Hv 3, 7, 3. ἔξωθεν τῆς ἀ.=ψευδής 3, 4, 3.

ⓑ esp. of the content of Christianity as the ultimate truth (cp. Plut., Mor. 351e ἀ. περὶ θεῶν; Philo, Spec. Leg. 4, 178, the proselyte is a μεταναστὰς εἰς ἀ.) Eph 4:21 (CScott, Exp. 8th ser. 3, 1912, 178–85; FBriggs, ET 39, 1928, 526). ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀ. the word of truth Eph 1:13; 2 Ti 2:15; Js 1:18. ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τοῦ παρόντος εἰς ὑμᾶς Col 1:5; cp. 2 Pt 1:12. ἡ ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Gal 2:5, 14. ἔστιν ἀ. Χριστοῦ ἐν ἐμοί 2 Cor 11:10. ὁ περὶ ἀ. λόγος Pol 3:2; πείθεσθαι τῇ ἀ. Gal 5:7; πιστεύειν τῇ ἀ. 2 Th 2:12; hence πίστει ἀληθείας belief in the truth vs. 13; δύνασθαί τι κατὰ τῆς ἀ. … ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀ. 2 Cor 13:8; περιπατεῖν ἐν ἀ. 2J 4; 3J 3f (cp. 4 Km 20:3); ζῆν κατὰ ἀ. IEph 6:2; πορεύεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ἀ. Pol 5:2; ἐν ἀ. (3 Km 2:4) Hm 3:4; gird oneself w. truth Eph 6:14; cp. Hm 11:4.—Truth expresses itself in virtues like righteousness and holiness, Eph 4:24 (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 67, 1 Jac. δικαιοσύνην κ. ἀλ.). Hence it is contrasted w. ἀδικία 1 Cor 13:6; Ro 1:18; 2:8. In the last-named passage a negative attitude toward the truth is called ἀπειθεῖν τῇ ἀ. Also πλανᾶσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀ. wander from the truth Js 5:19; ἀστοχεῖν περὶ τὴν ἀ. 2 Ti 2:18; καταστρέφειν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀ. Hs 6, 2, 1, cp. 4; ἀποστρέφειν τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀ. 2 Ti 4:4 opp. μῦθοι, cp. ἀποστρέφεσθαι Tit 1:14; ἀποστερεῖσθαι τῆς ἀ. 1 Ti 6:5; ἐρευνᾶν περὶ τῆς ἀ. make inquiries about the truth Hm 10, 1, 4; 6; ἀνθίστασθαι τῇ ἀ. oppose the truth (i.e. the gospel) 2 Ti 3:8. Opp. μῦθοι 4:4. Truth can be communicated (cp. Did., Gen. 86, 21): φανερώσει τῆς ἀ. by a clear statement of the truth 2 Cor 4:2 (sim. in later Christian prayer POxy 925, 4f φανέρωσόν μοι τὴν παρὰ σοὶ ἀλ.); is taught D 11:10; recognized 1 Ti 4:3; Hv 3, 6, 2; cp. ἐπίγνωσις τῆς ἀληθείας (Alex. Aphr., Quaest. 3, 12, II 2 p. 102, 3 γνῶσις τ. ἀληθείας) 1 Ti 2:4; 2 Ti 2:25; 3:7; Tit 1:1; Hb 10:26; ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀ.1 Ti 3:15; ὁδὸς τῆς ἀ. 2 Pt 2:2; 1 Cl 35:5 (cp. Pind., P. 3, 103; Eur., Fgm. 289; Gen 24:48 al.; En 104:13; OdeSol 11:3); ὑπακοὴ τῆς ἀ. 1 Pt 1:22; ἀγάπη τῆς ἀ. 2 Th 2:10. God is πατὴρ τῆς ἀ. 2 Cl 3:1; 20:5; φῶς ἀληθείας IPhld 2:1 (cp. Ps 42:3); θεὸς τῆς ἀ. (1 Esdr 4:40) 2 Cl 19:1; cp. 1 Cl 60:2. The reverse genitival constr. in ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ Ro 1:25, is best rendered truth about God (so Twentieth Century NT, NRSV) as opp. to the deception of polytheists, who in effect lie about God despite their better knowledge described vss. 19–21 (REB et al.: truth of God).—Ἀ. is a favorite word of the Joh. lit., and plays a major role in it. God’s word is truth J 17:17 (Ps 118:142). Truth w. χάρις 1:14, 17; w. πνεῦμα 4:23f; cp. ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀ. 1J 3:18 (opp. λόγῳ, γλώσσῃ). W. ἀγάπη 2J 3. The Spirit leads into truth J 16:13; hence πνεῦμα τῆς ἀ. 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1J 4:6 (cp. Hm 3:4). πνεῦμα is identified w. ἀ. 1J 5:6; it is mediated through Christ J 1:17, who calls himself truth 14:6 (cp. PGM 5, 148 ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια, on the other hand POxy 1380, 63 [early II A.D.] Isis is called ἀ.; Apollonaretal. Berl. Gr. Pap. 11517 [II A.D.]: Her 55, 1920, 188–95 ln. 52 Apollo as the ἀψευδὴς ἀ.; M. Ant., 9, 1, 2 God=Nature ἀλήθεια ὀνομάζεται; Lucian, Hist. Conscr. 61 says of a good history-writer: ἦν ἀλήθεια ἐπὶ πᾶσι); hence as source of praise for a Christian Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται … ὑπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. 3J 12. One who possesses Christ knows truth (γινώσκ. τὴν ἀ. as Jos., Ant. 13, 291; Tat. 13, 1; ἀληθείας γνῶσις: Maximus Tyr. 26, 5b; Did., Gen. 116, 17) J 8:32; (cp. 1QS 5:10); 2J 1; does the truth J 3:21, cp. 1J 1:6 (ποιεῖν τὴν ἀ. Gen 32:11; 47:29; Is 26:10 al.; TestReub 6:9; TestBenj 10:3; ἔλεος καὶ ἀ. PsSol 17:15); stands in the truth J 8:44; is of the truth 18:37; cp. 1J 2:21; 3:19 (ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας=corresponding to the truth PTurin I, 6, 13). The truth sets one free J 8:32, but is not present in those who deny the fact of sin in their lives 1J 1:8 or do not heed Christ’s commands. Christ proclaims this truth: λέγειν (Jos., Ant. 10, 124) J 8:45f; 16:7; λαλεῖν 8:40 (also λαλεῖν ἐν ἀ. IEph 6:2); μαρτυρεῖν τῇ ἀ. 18:37. As John the Baptist witnesses to Jesus, he witnesses to the truth 5:33; cp. μαρτυρούντων σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ bear witness to your ( fidelity to the) truth 3J 3; ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀ. vs. 8. In Pilate’s question τί ἐστιν ἀ.; J 18:38 the worldling speaks (cp. 4 Macc 5:10). Opp. θάνατος ISm 5:1.—Mlt-Turner 177f.

③ an actual event or state, reality (Diogenes 21 p. 114, 10 al. Malherbe; Mel., P. 4, 33; 42, 289 [opp. τύπος] Diod S 2, 8, 4) as opposed to mere appearance (opp. πρόφασις) Phil 1:18. κατὰ ἀλήθειαν rightly Ro 2:2 (cp. Diod S 4, 64, 2 οἱ κατʼ ἀλήθειαν γονεῖς; M. Ant. 2, 11, 3; 4, 11; Damianus of Larissa p. 20, 2 [ed. Schöne 1897]; PCairZen 202, 7 [254 B.C.]; EpArist 140; 4 Macc 5:18; Just. A I, 2, 1; Ath., R. 66, 11; Orig., C. Cels. 2, 13, 84; PGM 12, 235). ἐν ἀληθείᾳ indeed, truly (Jer 33:15; ἀγαπᾶν PsSol 6:6; 10:3; 14:1 al.) Mt 22:16; J 17:19; 1 Cl 63:1 (s. also 2b on 1J 3:18). ἐπιγινώσκειν τὴν χάριν ἐν ἀλ. Col 1:6; οὓς ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀλ. 2J 1, cp. 3J 1, belongs here (like the epist. formulas PFay 118, 26; 119, 26 [100–110 A.D.] τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς πρὸς ἀ.=‘really and truly’). ἐπʼ ἀληθείας in accordance w. the truth, truly (Demosth. 18, 17; SIG 495, 174 [III B.C.]; PAmh 68, 33; POxy 480, 9; Job, Da; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 60; 248): διδάσκειν Mk 12:14; Lk 20:21; εἰπεῖν Mk 12:32; λέγειν Lk 4:25; συνάγεσθαι Ac 4:27; καταλαμβάνεσθαι 10:34; τελειοῦν 1 Cl 23:5; ἐπιστέλλειν 47:3; ἐπʼ ἀ. καὶ οὗτος μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἦν certainly this fellow (s. οὗτος 1aα) was with him, too Lk 22:59.—GStorz, Gebr. u. Bedeutungsentwicklg v. ἀλήθεια u. begriffsverwandten Wörtern, diss. Tüb. 1922; WLuther, ‘Wahrheit’ u. ‘Lüge’ im ältest. Griechentum ’35; HBraun, Qumran und d. NT II ’66, 118–44; I de la Potterie, TU 73, ’59, 277–94 (John); BJackayya, CTM 41, ’70, 171–75 (John); RBultmann, Untersuchungen z. J. Ἀλήθεια: ZNW 27, 1928, 113–63.—EDNT. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἀληθινός, ή, όν (Heraclitus, X., Pla. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, En; TestSol 13:8 C [-ῶς]; TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 4 [Stone p. 10]; TestJob, Test12Patr; JosAs 11 [cod. A p. 54, 6 Bat. and cod. Pal. 364]; ParJer 9:3; ApcSed 1:4; Philo, Joseph.; Ar. 15, 7; Just.) ‘true’.

① pert. to being in accord with what is true, true, trustworthy (X., An. 1, 9, 17; LXX) of God (Ex 34:6; Num 14:18; 1 Esdr 8:86; 3 Macc 2:11; Jos., Ant. 11, 55) (w. ἅγιος) Rv 6:10 (v.l. ἀληθής); (w. ἀψευδής) MPol 14:2. More exactly defined ὁ κύριος ἀ. ἐν παντὶ ῥήματι Hm 3:1 (opp. ψεῦδος). Of Christ, the judge of the world, w. ἅγιος Rv 3:7; w. πιστός 3:14; 19:11. Of Job 1 Cl 17:3 (Job 1:1). ἀ. καρδία (Is 38:3; TestDan 5:3) Hb 10:22. ὁ πέμψας με=‘the one who sent me can guarantee my credentials’ J 7:28 (difft. 3 below).

② pert. to being in accordance with fact, true Hm 3:5. λόγος (Pla., Rep. 7, 522a et al.; 3 Km 10:6; 2 Ch 9:5; Da 6:13 and 10:1 Theod.) J 4:37. λόγοι (2 Km 7:28; En 99:2) Rv 19:9; (w. πιστός) 21:5; 22:6. μαρτυρία reliable J 19:35; κρίσις ἀ. (Tob 3:2 BA; Is 59:4; En 27:3) judgment, by which the truth is brought to light 8:16 (ἀληθής v.l.); pl. (w. δίκαιος) Rv 16:7; 19:2. ὁδοί 15:3; cp. Hv 3, 7, 1.

③ pert. to being real, genuine, authentic, real

ⓐ gener. (Socrates 6 p. 232, 27 Malherbe; X., Oec. 10, 3; Pla., Rep. 6, 499c; Dio Chrys. 47 [64], 21 αἷμα ἀ.; POxy 465, 108 ἄγαλμα κυάνου ἀ.=a statue of genuine lapis lazuli; PGM 8, 20; 41; 43 οἶδά σου καὶ τ. βαρβαρικὰ ὀνόματα … τὸ δὲ ἀ. ὄνομά σου; also IDefixWünsch p. 19f; PGM 4, 278; 5, 115) ἀ. πορφύρα GJs 10:1. Of Jesus’ deeds Qua.

ⓑ freq. of Christian perspectives ἀ. φῶς (ParJer.; Ael. Aristid. 23, 15 K.=42 p. 772 D. [Asclep.]; Plotinus, Enn. 6, 9, 4) J 1:9; 1J 2:8; ἀ. τ. θεοῦ δύναμις (an emendation for ἀλήθειαν) ending of Mk in the Freer ms. 3f; ἄμπελος J 15:1. ἄρτος the real bread of the Eucharist 6:32. ζωή (Philo, Leg. All. 1, 32) IEph 7:2; cp. 11:1; ITr 9:2; ISm 4:1. Of God in contrast to other deities, who are not real (PGM 7, 634f πέμψον μοι τὸν ἀ. Ἀσκληπιὸν δίχα τινὸς ἀντιθέου πλανοδαίμονος; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 366; SibOr Fgm. 1, 20; Is 65:16; 3 Macc 6:18; Just., A I, 53, 6) J 17:3 (s. μόνος 1aδ); 1J 5:20 (s. AHarnack, SBBerlAk 1915, 538f=Studien I ’31, 110f); 1 Th 1:9 (only ref. in Paul); 1 Cl 43:6; ἀ. ὁ πέμψας με someone who is very real has sent me (Goodsp.; but s. 1 above) J 7:28. Of human beings (Demosth. 9, 12; 53, 8; 12 ἀ. φίλος; Polyb. 1, 6, 5; 1, 80, 2; 3, 12, 6; Epict. 4, 1, 154; 172; Ar. 15, 7 ἐπὶ ἀδελφῷ ἀ.; Just., A II, 2, 14 τῷ ἀ. χριστιανῷ; PHamb 37, 6 ὁ ἀ. φιλόσοφος; PGiss 40 II, 27 ἀ. Αἰγύπτιοι) προσκυνηταί J 4:23. προφῆται in contrast to false prophets D 11:11; cp. 13:1. διδάσκαλος in contrast to false teachers D 13:2.—πάθος the real suffering (opp. Docetism) IEph ins; true in the sense of the reality possessed only by the archetype, not by its copies (X., Mem. 3, 10, 7; Pla., Leg. 1 p. 643c of toys ὄργανα σμικρά, τῶν ἀ. μιμήματα. Of the real body in contrast to its artistic representation: Alcidamas [IV B.C.], Soph. 28 Blass; Theocr., Epigr. no. 18 Gow=Anth. Pal. 9, 600; Athen. 6, 253e): σκηνὴ ἀ. the true tabernacle, the heavenly sanctuary Hb 8:2; the temple ἀντίτυπα τῶν ἀ. copy of the true sanctuary 9:24.—τὸ ἀ. what is really good (contrasted w. the supposed good, the ἄδικος μαμωνᾶς) πιστεύειν τὸ ἀ. entrust the true (riches) Lk 16:11 (cp. Philo, Praem. 104 ὁ ἀ. πλοῦτος ἐν οὐρανῷ).—DELG s.v. λανθάνω. M-M. TW. Spicq.