ἈΡΕΤΩΝ, ἀρετων
ARETŌN, aretōn
Sounds Like: ah-reh-TON
Translations: (of) virtue, (of) excellence, (of) moral goodness, (of) valor
From the root: ἈΡΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the noun 'ἀρετή' (aretē), meaning 'virtue,' 'excellence,' or 'moral goodness.' It refers to the inherent quality of something or someone that makes them outstanding or morally upright. In a sentence, it would typically be used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'of virtues' or 'belonging to virtues.'
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0703 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:26
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 6:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ἈΡΕΤΗ — virtue, excellence, praise, a virtue, an excellence
- ΤΟΥΣἈΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of goodness
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