ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ, ἀριστος
ARISTOS, aristos
Sounds Like: ah-RIS-tos
Translations: best, excellent, noble, good, a best, an excellent
From the root: ἈΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word means 'best' or 'most excellent'. It describes something or someone of the highest quality, whether in terms of skill, virtue, or general goodness. It can be used to describe a person who is outstanding in their field, like an excellent pilot or a noble individual, or to describe something that is superior in quality.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 2:68
- Book 2 — 5:80, 9:229
- Book 4 — 6:104
- Book 5 — 8:276
- Book 6 — 4:45, 4:61
- Book 7 — 5:102, 14:341
- Book 8 — 2:24, 12:290
- Book 10 — 4:49
- Book 15 — 10:375
- Book 18 — 2:31
- Book 19 — 2:208
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 7:1
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
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΙΣ — to the best, to the most excellent, to the noblest, to the bravest
- 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
- 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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