Ontos marks a person, condition, or statement as genuine, actual, or firmly affirmed in the biblical clauses where it appears.

The adverb consistently strengthens an assertion of reality or genuineness: it identifies genuinely qualifying cases such as widows and life, and it confirms declarations about God’s presence, a prophet, a man’s justice, and the Lord’s rising.

1. Affirming reality or genuine status · dominant

   As an adverb, the form strengthens what the clause asserts. In 1 Timothy 5:3 and 1 Timothy 5:5, the APB renders widows as “truly widows”; in 1 Timothy 6:19 it speaks of “the life that is really life.” In Luke 24:34 the APB renders the declaration that “The Lord has really risen,” while 1 Corinthians 14:25 reports the worshiper declaring that God is “really among you.”

   1 Timothy 5:31 Timothy 5:51 Timothy 6:19Luke 24:341 Corinthians 14:25Mark 11:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously uses “really,” “truly,” and “indeed” for clauses containing the adverb. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these variations show the verse-level presentation rather than separate lexical meanings.