ἈΡΕΤΗΝ, ἀρετην
ARETĒN, aretēn
Sounds Like: Ah-reh-TEN
Translations: virtue, excellence, moral excellence, goodness, a virtue, an excellence
From the root: ΑΡΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to moral excellence, goodness, or virtue. It can also denote any kind of excellence, quality, or inherent power. In a sentence, it would typically function as the object of a verb or preposition, indicating the quality or virtue being acted upon or referred to.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0703 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:33
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:23, 3:72, 3:100, 3:106, 4:113, 8:165, 10:183, 12:221, 13:222, 17:256
- Book 2 — 2:9, 4:40, 6:141, 6:145, 8:198, 9:202, 10:238, 11:257
- Book 3 — 1:15, 3:65, 4:74, 5:85, 5:97, 7:187, 8:188, 8:192, 14:302, 14:309
- Book 4 — 1:2, 3:54, 5:97, 6:114, 8:200, 8:214, 8:245, 8:289, 8:294
- Book 5 — 1:82, 1:118, 6:230, 8:257, 8:301, 8:307
- Book 6 — 10:200, 11:206, 11:210, 13:292, 14:343
- Book 7 — 1:5, 12:315, 15:390
- Book 8 — 2:53, 4:113, 6:165, 7:182
- Book 9 — 8:176
- Book 10 — 4:49
- Book 12 — 6:191, 11:434
- Book 13 — 8:237, 10:290
- Book 14 — 10:216, 10:252
- Book 16 — 8:247, 11:382
- Book 17 — 5:101, 5:107, 5:118, 6:152, 9:246, 10:256, 11:317, 13:354
- Book 18 — 1:16, 5:117, 6:159, 6:206, 6:210, 8:264, 8:296, 8:300, 9:333, 9:340, 9:361, 9:363
- Book 19 — 1:83, 1:122, 1:154, 2:172, 3:231
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 15:9
- Book Two — 8:4
- Book Three — 8:8
- Book Four — 1:43, 1:46, 5:21, 10:33
- Book Five — 7:24, 7:26
- Book Seven — 8:91
Justin Martyr
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 10:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 10:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Peter — 1:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΕΤΗ.
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.
- ἈΡΕΤΑ — virtue, excellence, moral goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἈΡΕΤΑΙΣ — (to) virtues, (by) virtues, (with) virtues, (to) excellencies, (by) excellencies, (with) excellencies, (to) merits, (by) merits, (with) merits
- ἈΡΕΤΑΣ — virtues, excellences, good qualities
- ἈΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral goodness, of valor
- ΑΡΕΤΑ — virtues, excellences, moral goodnesses
- ΑΡΕΤΑΙ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- ΑΡΕΤΑΣ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- ΑΡΕΤΗ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, a virtue, an excellence
- ΑΡΕΤΗΝ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, a virtue, an excellence, a moral excellence
- ΑΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral goodness, of valor
- ΑΡΕΤΩΝ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral excellence, of goodness
- ΑΡΕΤ‾Η‾ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἘΝΑΡΕΤΩΣ — virtuously, excellently, uprightly
- ΤΗΝἈΡΕΤΗΝ — the virtue, the excellence, a virtue, an excellence
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