# true, truth

## Definition:

The term “truth” refers to facts, events, and statements that correspond with reality. True facts describe the universe as it really exists. True events are events that actually happened. True statements are statements that are not false according the real world.

* “True” things are real, genuine, actual, rightful, legitimate, and factual.
* “Truth” means understandings, beliefs, facts, or statements that are true.
* To say that a prophecy “came true” or “will come true” mean that it actually happened as predicted or that it will happen that way.
* In the Bible the concept of “truth” includes the concept of acting in a way that is reliable and faithful.
* Jesus revealed God’s truth in the words that he spoke.
* The Bible is truth. It teaches what is true about God and about everything he has made.

## Translation Suggestions:

* Depending on the context and what is being described, the term “true” could also be translated by “real” or “factual” or “correct” or “right” or “certain” or “genuine.”
* Ways to translate the term “truth” could include “what is true” or “fact” or “certainty” or “principle.”
* The expression “come true” could also be translated as “actually happen” or “be fulfilled” or “happen as predicted.”
* The expression “tell the truth” or “speak the truth” could also be translated as “say what is true” or “tell what really happened” or “say things that are reliable.”
* To “accept the truth” could be translated as “believe what is true about God.”
* In an expression such as “worship God in spirit and in truth,” the expression “in truth” could also be translated by “faithfully obeying what God has taught us.”

(See also: [believe](../kt/believe.md), [faithful](../kt/faithful.md), [fulfill](../kt/fulfill.md), [obey](../other/obey.md), [prophet](../kt/prophet.md), [understand](../other/understand.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Corinthians 5:6-8](rc://en/tn/help/1co/05/06)
* [1 John 1:5-7](rc://en/tn/help/1jn/01/05)
* [1 John 2:8](rc://en/tn/help/1jn/02/08)
* [3 John 1:8](rc://en/tn/help/3jn/01/08)
* [Acts 26:24-26](rc://en/tn/help/act/26/24)
* [Colossians 1:6](rc://en/tn/help/col/01/06)
* [Genesis 47:29-31](rc://en/tn/help/gen/47/29)
* [James 1:18](rc://en/tn/help/jas/01/18)
* [James 3:14](rc://en/tn/help/jas/03/14)
* [James 5:19](rc://en/tn/help/jas/05/19)
* [Jeremiah 4:2](rc://en/tn/help/jer/04/02)
* [John 1:9](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/01/9)
* [John 1:16-18](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/01/16)
* [John 1:51](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/01/51)
* [John 3:31-33](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/03/31)
* [Joshua 7:19-21](rc://en/tn/help/jos/07/19)
* [Lamentations 5:19-22](rc://en/tn/help/lam/05/19)
* [Matthew 8:10](rc://en/tn/help/mat/08/10)
* [Matthew 12:17](rc://en/tn/help/mat/12/17)
* [Psalm 26:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/psa/026/001)
* [Revelation 1:19-20](rc://en/tn/help/rev/01/19)
* [Revelation 15:3-4](rc://en/tn/help/rev/15/03)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[2:4](rc://en/tn/help/obs/02/04)__ The snake responded to the woman, “That is not __true__! You will not die.”
* __[14:6](rc://en/tn/help/obs/14/06)__ Immediately Caleb and Joshua, the other two spies, said, “It is __true __ that the people of Canaan are tall and strong, but we can certainly defeat them!”
* __[16:1](rc://en/tn/help/obs/16/01)__ The Israelites began to worship the Canaanite gods instead of Yahweh, the __true __ God.
* __[31:8](rc://en/tn/help/obs/31/08)__ They worshiped Jesus, saying to him, “__Truly__, you are the Son of God.”
* __[39:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/39/10)__ “I have come to earth to tell the __truth__ about God. Everyone who loves the __truth__ listens to me.” Pilate said, “What is __truth__?”

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H0199, H0389, H0403, H0529, H0530, H0543, H0544, H0551, H0571, H0935, H3321, H3330, H6237, H6656, H6965, H7187, H7189, G02250, G02260, G02270, G02280, G02300, G11030, G33030, G34830, G36890, G41030, G41370
