ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙΣ, ἀρισταις
ARISTAIS, aristais
Sounds Like: ah-RIS-tays
Translations: to the best, to the most excellent, to the noblest, to the bravest
From the root: ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the dative plural form of the adjective 'ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ' (ARISTOS), meaning 'best' or 'most excellent'. It is a superlative adjective, indicating the highest degree of quality. It is used to describe something or someone as being superior or preeminent in a particular quality, and in this dative plural form, it indicates the recipients or beneficiaries of an action, or the means by which something is done, referring to multiple 'best ones'.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, All genders
Strong’s number: G705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:44
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙ — best, excellent, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΣ — best, excellent, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗ — best, most excellent, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΝ — best, excellent, most excellent, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣ — best, most excellent, noblest, bravest
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΙ — best, excellent, noble, the best, the excellent ones
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΝ — breakfast, dinner, a breakfast, a dinner, best, excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ — best, excellent, noble, good, a best, an excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΥ — of breakfast, of lunch, of the best, of the noblest, of the most excellent, best, noblest, most excellent
- ἈΡΙΣΤΟΥΣ — best, most excellent, noblest
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