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What is the word for truth and its meaning in Koine Greek?

10.06.2025 02:27

What is the word for truth and its meaning in Koine Greek?

There is absolutely no relation to λίθος/lithos=stone. Notice the η vs ι.

αλὴθεια / Alithea.

The Greek word for thief/robber/pirate is ληστής/listis which is derived from λανθάνω as well

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The root verb is λανθάνω/lanthano=to escape notice/to make one forget/to lay hidden

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A similarly derived word is ληθαργία/lethargia=toiling under forgetfulness/stupor….lethargy.

Can a cop pull you over walking home asking why you are out so late?

as a result Alitheia, the Goddess of Truth, was always depicted as a naked, unassuming and plain looking woman. The Latin equivalent was nuda Veritas. Truth has nothing to hide and didn’t need all the adornments of the other gods.

Nuda Veritas is the derivation of the term “Naked Truth”.

The word has remained the same into Modern Greek

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the word is composed of the privative prefix α- and λήθη/lethe which means “forgetfulness/stupor”. So the αλήθεια means “without fault/stupor/hiding”

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