2 Corinthians 13:8:112 Cor.13.8.W11TAB
ἀληθείας.
alêtheias
“truth”
- Transliteration
- a-lê-THEI-as
- Extended
- ah-lê-THEI-ahs
- IPA
- /a.lɛːˈtʰe.i.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- truth
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-lê-THEI-as
- sentence
ou gar dy-NA-me-tha ti ka-TA tês a-lê-THEI-as al-LA hy-PER tês a-lê-THEI-as
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kata tēs aletheias {κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας | ka-tá tēs a-lē-theí-as} ‘against the truth’ uses kata plus genitive to express direct opposition, balanced by the adversative conjunction alla {ἀλλὰ | al-lá} ‘but’ and a parallel hyper tēs aletheias {ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀληθείας | hy-pér tēs a-lē-theí-as} ‘for the truth’ construction. This syntactic parallelism highlights that apostolic action cannot oppose but only promote truth. In translation, “contrary to” and “in support of” preserve kata’s and hyper’s nuances, while “only” marks the exclusivity of the second clause.
Root and etymology
aleth-alpha–lambda–eta–theta
“truth, that which is not hidden”
In context — 2 Corinthians 13:8
For we have no ability to do anything contrary to the truth , but only in support of it.
About this coordinate
2 Corinthians 13:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Corinthians 13:8, so the Greek word ἀληθείας. (alêtheias) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Cor.13.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Cor.13.8.W11.S1) and character.