Alethinos describes what is genuine and dependable: God and his witness, judgments, words, and realities set beside lesser counterparts.

The occurrences chiefly mark God or a divine figure as genuine and dependable, then characterize testimony, judgments, ways, and spoken words as reliable. The term also qualifies light, bread, a vine, a tent, sacred realities, worshipers, and a heart, sometimes where the verse places the item beside a contrasting or lesser counterpart.

1. Genuine and dependable divine identity · dominant

   The adjective identifies God or a divine figure in clauses about God, the one who sent Jesus, and named heavenly figures. In John 17:3 the APB renders the clause "the only true God," while Revelation 3:7 and Revelation 6:10 address a figure as "the True One" and "the holy and true"; Revelation 19:11 likewise names the rider "Faithful and True."

   John 17:3John 7:281 Thessalonians 1:91 John 5:20Revelation 3:7Revelation 19:11
2. Reliable testimony, judgments, and words · common

   The forms occur where a claim, testimony, judgment, road, or spoken words are affirmed as dependable. In John 19:35 the APB renders a witness's testimony as "true," and Revelation 19:2, Revelation 19:9, and Revelation 22:6 apply the same kind of affirmation to judgments or words of God.

   John 19:35John 8:16Revelation 15:3Revelation 19:2Revelation 19:9Revelation 22:6
3. Genuine realities distinguished from counterparts · common

   The adjective marks realities presented over against another reference point. In John 6:32 the APB contrasts what Moses did not give with "the true bread from heaven"; Hebrews 8:2 calls the tent one "which the Lord, not a human, set up," and Hebrews 9:24 contrasts hand-made holy places with "the true things."

   John 1:9John 6:32John 15:1Hebrews 8:2Hebrews 9:24Luke 16:11
4. Genuine worship and inward disposition · occasional

   The term qualifies worshipers and a heart in settings concerned with worship and faithful approach. In John 4:23 the APB renders "the true worshipers" who worship the Father in spirit and truth, and Hebrews 10:22 speaks of drawing near "with a true heart." In 1 John 2:8 it occurs in the clause about a new commandment and the passing darkness, though the translation does not make its specific contribution fully isolable.

   John 4:23Hebrews 10:221 John 2:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "true" in clauses containing the term, including descriptions of God, testimony, sacred realities, and worshipers; it also pairs it with "faithful" or "trustworthy" in several statements about words or a witness. Those English choices confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than establish a separate rendering for every occurrence.