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The Greek word behind “truth” is ἀλήθεια (aletheia). The word itself carries an intensely distinct semantic range. English speakers may translate this word as “in truth,” or “upon truth,” or “sincerely,” or “genuine,” or “firmness,” among other similar options. Considering the 109 uses of this word in the New Testament, it is translated as we see it here, “truth,” 95.4% of the time (or 104 times). Jesus states just before this verse that He came to testify to the truth. How can i find the uses of this word in John?

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Graham Criddle

If you run a Bible Word Study on the word - and constrain the results to John's Gospel - you can see, in the Translation Ring, how it is translated in particular versions. (Different translations will have different results here)

Is that the sort of thing you are looking for?

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1184393#Comment_1184393

This does sort of help. I do not know exactly how to say what I want to do. I do not know how to constrain the results to John's Gospel. I also want to see this word in action. Like I want to perform a syntactical and linguistic analysis of its use in John. I want to see what the word does in each verse while being diagrammed. I want to see this word's distinct semantic range as well as domain groups. Deciphering the truth in word and concept is important even for mathematical purposes. For example, the concept of truth is actively used in theological application and exegetical senses. Does that make sense? Let me know if I need to clarify further.

Andrew Batishko

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1184399#Comment_1184399

Click here and type John in the Reference range box.

Other sections in the Bible Word Study that might be useful to you include Senses, Clause Participants, Preposition Use, and Lemma in Passage. Also Grammatical Relationships (which may need to be manually added from the Add button at the top of the panel).

Check your library for any resources of type Clause Visualization (use the left sidebar to filter by type). These resources can provide diagrams of each verse that may be useful.

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1184422#Comment_1184422

Thanks so much

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1184422#Comment_1184422

Click here and type John in the Reference range box.

Other sections in the Bible Word Study that might be useful to you include Senses, Clause Participants, Preposition Use, and Lemma in Passage. Also Grammatical Relationships (which may need to be manually added from the Add button at the top of the panel).

Check your library for any resources of type Clause Visualization (use the left sidebar to filter by type). These resources can provide diagrams of each verse that may be useful.

Thanks so much