ὄντως
Transliteration
ontōs (Key)
Pronunciation
on'-toce
Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the oblique cases of ὤν (G5607)
mGNT
10x in 1 unique form(s) TR
10x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 1 unique form(s)
ὄντως — 8x
Ὄντως — 2x
ὄντως — 10x
ὄντως — 3x
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Strong’s Definitions

ὄντως óntōs, on'-toce; adverb of the oblique cases of G5607; really:—certainly, clean, indeed, of a truth, verily.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3689 in the following manner: indeed (6x), certainly (1x), of a truth (1x), verily (1x), clean (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3689 in the following manner: indeed (6x), certainly (1x), of a truth (1x), verily (1x), clean (1x).

  1. truly, in reality, in point of fact, as opp. to what is pretended, fictitious, false, conjectural

  2. that which is truly etc., that which is indeed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὄντως óntōs, on'-toce; adverb of the oblique cases of G5607; really:—certainly, clean, indeed, of a truth, verily.
STRONGS G3689:
ὄντως (from ὄν; on adverbs formed from participles cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. § 115 a. Anm. 3; Kühner, § 335 Anm. 2), adverb, truly, in reality, in point of fact, as opposed to what is pretended, fictitious, false, conjectural: Mark 11:32 (see ἔχω, I. 1 f.); Luke 23:47; Luke 24:34; John 8:36; 1 Corinthians 14:25; Galatians 3:21 and Rec. in 2 Peter 2:18; ὁ, ἡ, τό ὄντως followed by a noun, that which is truly etc., that which is indeed (τά ὄντως ἀγατα ἤ καλά, P'lat. Phaedr., p. 260 a.; τήν ὄντως καί ἀληθῶς φιλίαν, Plato, Clit., p. 409 e.; οἱ ὄντως βασιλεῖς, Josephus, Antiquities 15, 3, 5): as ἡ ὄντως (Rec. αἰώνιος) ζωή, 1 Timothy 6:19; ἡ ὄντως χήρα, a widow that is a widow indeed, not improperly called a widow (as παρθένος ἡ λεγομένη χήρα, i. e., a virgin that has taken a vow of celibacy, in Ignatius ad Smyrn. 13 [ET] (cf. Lightfoot, in the place cited); cf. Baur, Die sogen. Pastoralbriefe, p. 46ff), 1 Timothy 5:3, 5, 16. (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for אֻמְנָם, Numbers 22:37; for אָכֵן, Jeremiah 3:23; for אַך, Jeremiah 10:19.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
22:37
Jeremiah
3:23; 10:19
Mark
11:32
Luke
23:47; 24:34
John
8:36
1 Corinthians
14:25
Galatians
3:21
1 Timothy
5:3; 5:5; 5:16; 6:19
2 Peter
2:18
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