Alethes describes what is dependable as testimony or speech, trustworthy in a person, and real in the situations or things named.

The adjective most often marks testimony, speech, or a stated claim as dependable; it also describes God and people as trustworthy, and identifies realities such as grace, a commandment, food and drink, or an event as genuine or real.

1. Dependable testimony, speech, or claim · dominant

   In clauses concerning testimony, saying, or what has been spoken, the adjective identifies the report or assertion as dependable. In John 19:35 the APB renders the witness's testimony as “true,” while John 4:18 applies it to what was said, and John 8:17 places it in the statement about two men's testimony.

   John 19:35John 4:18John 5:32John 8:14John 8:173 John 1:12
2. Trustworthy in person or character · common

   The nominative singular forms occur in assertions about God, a sender, a teacher, or people set against deceivers. In Romans 3:4 the APB renders God as “true”; in Mark 12:14 it reports the address to the teacher, “you are true”; and in 2 Corinthians 6:8 the contrast is “as deceivers and yet true.”

   Romans 3:4John 3:33John 7:18John 8:26Mark 12:142 Corinthians 6:8
3. Genuine or actual reality · occasional

   The adjective is also used where a named thing or event is presented as genuine rather than merely apparent. Acts 12:9 contrasts what was happening through the angel with a vision, and the APB renders it “real”; 1 Peter 5:12 calls the grace of God “true,” while John 6:55 applies the description to flesh as food and blood as drink.

   Acts 12:91 Peter 5:12John 6:551 John 2:81 John 2:27Philippians 4:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “true” for testimony, speech, God, people, and named things; Acts 12:9 uses “real” for the event through the angel. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every instance.