2001 Translation

ARETĒ, aretē

Sounds Like: ah-reh-TAY

Translations: virtue, excellence, praise, a virtue, an excellence

From the root: ἈΡΕΤΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to moral excellence, virtue, or goodness. It can also denote a quality of superiority or distinction, often translated as 'excellence' or 'praise'. It is used to describe the inherent good qualities of a person or thing, or actions that demonstrate moral uprightness. In some contexts, it can refer to the praise or renown that comes from such qualities.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0703 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:200, 1:272

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 16:152, 16:153
• Book Two — 16:152, 16:153

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:11, 1:47, 7:155
• Book 2 — 9:205, 10:243
• Book 3 — 4:67, 5:89
• Book 4 — 8:297
• Book 5 — 1:75, 6:215, 8:302
• Book 6 — 14:346
• Book 8 — 10:252
• Book 11 — 4:90
• Book 17 — 1:13, 2:30, 2:44, 3:49, 3:54, 3:60, 4:75, 5:116, 5:124, 5:130, 6:171, 9:238, 9:242, 10:277, 10:279
• Book 18 — 6:178, 6:180, 7:243, 8:266, 8:280, 8:292, 9:326, 9:330
• Book 19 — 1:113, 1:121, 1:128, 2:164, 2:174, 2:191, 2:203, 2:210, 3:219, 3:229

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 10:18

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 12:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:9, 0:11

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 6:1
• 4 Maccabees — 17:12
• Odes — 6:3
• Habakkuk — 3:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Philippians — 4:8
• 2 Peter — 1:3, 1:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΕΤΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΡΕΤΑΙ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
• ἈΡΕΤΑΝ — Aretas
• ἈΡΕΤΩΝ — (of) virtue, (of) excellence, (of) moral goodness, (of) valor
• ΤΟΥΣἈΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of goodness

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