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

12.06.2025 00:16

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

The word has remained the same into Modern Greek

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

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

αλὴθεια / Alithea.

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

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

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.

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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a couple of points:

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